New Delhi:
In an open letter, a gaggle of scholars and college members from the Indian Institute of Administration requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to talk up in opposition to hate speech and caste-based violence within the nation.
The signatories mentioned that the PM’s silence on these points was emboldening the hate-filled voices.
The letter is available in gentle of the current Haridwar Dharam sansad occasion the place some Hindu spiritual leaders urged folks to take up arms in opposition to Muslims and referred to as for genocide.
“Hate speeches and requires violence in opposition to communities based mostly on faith/caste identities is unacceptable,” the letter mentioned.
The signatories mentioned that regardless that the Indian Structure supplied the appropriate to observe one’s faith in dignity, there was a way of concern within the nation.
“There’s a sense of concern in our nation now – locations of worship, together with church buildings in current days, are being vandalised, and there have been calls to take arms in opposition to our Muslim brothers and sisters. All of that is carried out with impunity and with none concern of due course of,” they wrote.
The letter was signed by 183 signatories, together with 13 school members, college students and college members of IIM-Ahmedabad and IIM-Bengaluru.
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