Bengaluru, April 11, 2022 (PPI-OT):The series of communal anti-Muslim incidents, fears are being expressed that the reputation of IT hub Bengaluru city of southern Indian state Karnataka is getting hit at the global level. Karnataka is considered as the most favourable destination for investors, is seeing communal unrest.
Although Karnataka especially its capital Bengaluru have witnessed violence, communal clashes and Hindutva terrorism in the near past, never in its history has the state faced a similar situation.
The growing demand for banning Muslim merchants from the temple premises, religious fairs, ‘halal’ meat, Muslim mango traders, artisans, transporters and drivers and banning the hijab by Hindutva forces has suddenly put the peaceful state under the spotlight for the wrong reasons.
The chain of events was triggered after the verdict of the Karnataka High Court upholding the ban on the hijab in classrooms. Biocon Chief Kiran Majumdar-Shaw brought out the concerns of the IT-BT industry over the communal polarization in the state. “If IT-BT sector becomes communal, it would destroy our global leadership,” she warned.
“Karnataka has always forged inclusive economic development and we must now allow such communal exclusion,” she stated on her social media. Shaw took to social media urging Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to resolve this growing religious divide.
Analysts and litterateurs fear that the issue has created a deep communal divide in the society and have written a letter to Bommai in this regard. Muslim leaders have met the powerful and influential Pejawar Mutt seer seeking his intervention.
State Congress President D.K. Shiva Kumar has stated in the backdrop of communal developments that no one is bothered about assuring investors who are hesitant to invest in Karnataka by ensuring peace.
“In our state, peace is disturbed. Industrialists are hesitant to invest in Karnataka. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is bothered. CM Bommai is not opening his mouth on assuring people that he wouldn’t let industrialists go to other states and create job opportunities here,” he said.
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