Yechury questions government's silence on vigilante groups
Saturday - January 28, 2017 4:24 pm ,
Category : INDIA
New Delhi : CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday condemned the assault on filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali in Jaipur, questioning the silence of Narendra Modi government over vigilante groups in BJP-ruled states running amuck.
Activists of Shree Rajput Karni Sena — a Rajput organisation — on Friday assaulted Bhansali and his crew on the sets of his upcoming film “Padmavati”.
“Self-styled vigilante groups run amuck in a BJP-ruled state. Why are those in power, in the state or at the centre, quiet,” asked Yechury on social networking sites.
“Dabholkar-Pansare-Kalburgi, we know how far fanning such intolerance can go,” he said referring to the killings of scholar M.M. Kalburgi and rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare in Karnataka. –IANS
Activists of Shree Rajput Karni Sena — a Rajput organisation — on Friday assaulted Bhansali and his crew on the sets of his upcoming film “Padmavati”.
“Self-styled vigilante groups run amuck in a BJP-ruled state. Why are those in power, in the state or at the centre, quiet,” asked Yechury on social networking sites.
“Dabholkar-Pansare-Kalburgi, we know how far fanning such intolerance can go,” he said referring to the killings of scholar M.M. Kalburgi and rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare in Karnataka. –IANS
