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Delhi hunger strike against arrests of Muslim youths suspended
Tuesday December 04, 2012 07:11:35 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: An eight-day
hunger strike here to protest "victimisation of Muslim youths in
the name of fighting terrorism" was suspended on Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh's assurance to form a mechanism to look into the
issue, an organiser said.
"We are suspending the strike for three months," Lok Janshakti
Party (LJP) national general secretary Abdul Khaliq told IANS.
The party Nov 26 launched the strike at Batla House Chowk in south
Delhi's Jamia Nagar - the site of a "controversial" gun battle in
2008 between alleged Indian Mujahideen terrorists and police
following serial blasts in the city.
Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan Monday addressed the protestors and
said: "The prime minister told an all-party delegation that he
will speak to the home minister and address the issue."
"The innocent youths will also be rehabilitated," Paswan said,
adding that he also demanded fast track courts to settle
terrorism-related issues.
In view of the government's assurance, Paswan asked the
protestors, led by party's national youth wing secretary general
Amanatullah Khan, to suspend the strike for three months.
The LJP protest was against the alleged illegal arrest and
victimisation of Muslim youths by security agencies and to seek
rehabilitation of those found innocent.
Pawan earlier Monday accompanied Ram Gopal Yadav of the Samajwadi
Party, Sitaram Yechury of the Communist Party of India-Marxist and
Mani Shankar Aiyar of the Congress and presented a memorandum on
the issue to the prime minister.
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