Unfazed by the opposition attack, the Prime Minister in an interview to a newspaper, said that the responsibility does not lie with his government. “The opposition is raising the bogey of communalism against BJP bringing those incidents, but are they themselves not doing politics of polarisation”.
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In a major embarrassing situation of the BJP, its allied party Shiv Sena gave threatening statements of disrupting the Pakistani singer’s concert which ultimately led to cancellation.
“Incidents like Dadri and Ghulam Ali are really sad but what is the role of the Centre in these incidents?”, The Prime Minister said.
“It’s not applicable to attempt to wash of your hands by saying that the Central Government has no position to play in such incidents”.
Those behind the disinformation campaign, said the PM, saw minorities as vote-banks and did not want them to suffer.
The incident had triggered nationwide outrage and a number of eminent authors returned their literary awards in protest.
The BJP has been against “fake secularism”.
PM Narendra Modi is being accused of not talking about the 2 severe incidents.
Debates on these issues have arisen in the past, he said.
On September 28, 52-year-old Mohammad Akhlaq was dragged out of his home by a few villagers and beaten to death over rumors of beef consumption by him and his family.
“This debate can be resolved through dialogue and discussion”, he said.
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Around 10 days after the Dadri lunching, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, without taking any names or even alluding to the killing, had urged people to follow President Pranab Mukherjee ” s appeal on upholding core civilisational values of diversity, tolerance and plurality.
