ByDanish
Ahmad Khan
Multiple
shooting incidents recently took place in Delhi ’s
Okhla constituency, where the prestigious Jamia Millia Islamia university and
Shaheen Bagh, face of common Indians’ outrage against the recently passed CAA
and proposed NPR-NRC, are located.
Apparently
buoyed up by the hate speeches of Central minister Anurag Thakur and a BJP parliamentarian
Parvesh Sharma directed at Shaheen Bagh protestors in the Jamia Nagar area, the
Hindutva agent provocateurs indulged in a series of shooting incidents. In as
much as 4 days at least 3 shooting incidents took place in quick succession.
The shooters said that they will teach Shaheen Bagh protestors a lesson and
prevent Kashmir-like situation in Delhi .
Middle-class
and marginalized section of the vast Indian populace are in open rebellion
protesting against the discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) passed by
the Parliament on December 17 last year seeking to offer naturalized
citizenship rights to non-Muslims from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan,
while excluding Muslims on religious grounds.
Delhi
Muslims refuse to be provoked
Delhi
Muslims at the Shaheen Bagh protest site say that this is nothing but a devious
gameplan by the ruling BJP at the Center to win Delhi elections by polarizing
the society by dividing Hindus and Muslims. Despite multiple shooting
incidents, Delhi Muslims have said that they are not going to be provoked by
such mischief and fall into BJP trap. In fact, one of the protestors told
Indian Muslim Observer that BJP’s gameplan will be foiled and Aam Admi Party
(AAP) will once again be voted to power.
A political
analyst said that BJP wants Muslim votes to be divided between Congress Party
and AAP. But, Congress Party is currently weak and nowhere in the race. Even
the voters of Congress Party are highly likely to switch sides at the last
minute and vote in favour of Kejriwal’s AAP, which has done remarkably well for
the welfare of the people of Delhi
during the 5-year stint in power, particularly on electricity, education and
healthcare fronts.
‘Civil War
in the offing’
Meanwhile,
senior Congress Party leader Digvijay Singh said that India is being allegedly pushed
towards a Civil War after the rancour and hate speeches against Muslims by top
BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah
and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
He said
that while the Hindutva goons are allowed to roam and shoot freely at the
people in Jamia Millia Islamia and Shaheen Bagh protest sites, Delhi Police
remains a mute spectator to the utter lawlessness. He also slammed Delhi police for 'inaction'
on the multiple shooting incidents, and asked government to take remedial steps
before it is too late.
[Danish
Ahmad Khan, based at New Delhi ,
is Founder-Editor of IndianMuslimObserver.com. He can be reached at
indianmuslimobserver@gmail.com or on his Mobile
at +91-9990179721]