Minorities feel they are being targeted: PM
Saturday September 10, 2011 09:49:42 PM,
IANS
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Delhi: The minority communities often feel they are
being unfairly targeted in the "aftermath of unfortunate
incidents", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said,
inaugurating the National Integration Council meet, which is to
debate the communal violence bill.
Singh said while the law should be allowed to take its own course,
the investigating agencies should be free of biases and prejudices
of any kind.
"It is a matter of great satisfaction that in recent years,
relations among various communities have by and large remained
harmonious," the prime minister observed.
"Members of this council have played an active role in ensuring
that people respond with maturity to developments that may
otherwise flare up communal tempers."
"Nevertheless, we need to maintain a continuous vigil in this
regard. We also need to recognise that members of the minority
communities often have a perception of being unfairly targeted by
law enforcement agencies in the aftermath of unfortunate
incidents," he said.
His remarks come in the wake of recent investigations by security
agencies into the role of Hindutva groups in bomb attacks like the
Ajmer Sharief Dargah and the Hyderabad Mecca Masjid, both in 2007.
Earlier, the investigating agencies had suspected the role
extremist groups from the minority community for the attacks.
"While law must take its own course, we need to ensure that our
investigating agencies are free from biases and prejudices of any
kind. The media also has to play an increasingly important and
constructive role in promoting peace and harmony in our society,"
he added.
The communal violence bill seeks to hold state governments and
functionaries responsible for any targeted attacks on minority
communities and for stricter punishments against perpetrators of
violence against any particular minority or downtrodden
communities.
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