Islamabad, September 30, 2023 (PPI-OT):Indian government and judiciary are hand in glove to mete out discriminatory treatment to Muslims in India.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the Indian Supreme Court’s verdicts in 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat state and the 1992 demolition of the Babri Masjid are glaring examples of anti-Muslim bias in the country. The Indian apex court closed all proceedings relating to Gujarat riots and demolition of the Babri Masjid.
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India led by the-then Chief Justice UU Lalit hearing the 2002 Gujarat riots case on August 30, 2022 stated, “Since all matters have now become infructuous, this court is of the view that this Court need not entertain these petitions any longer. The matters are therefore disposed of as being infructuous.”
The Gujarat riots were sparked by a fire in a train in Godhra in 2002, which killed 59 Hindu pilgrims coming from Ayodhya. Muslims were blamed by Hindus for their role in the train fire. Immediately after the tragedy, Hindu rioters hacked and burned to death over 2,000 Muslims.
Meanwhile, another bench of the apex court ordered the suspension of all proceedings in the 1992 demolition of the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya city in Uttar Pradesh state. A bench of three judges stated that “nothing survives in the matter now.”
The 400-year-old Babri Masjid was razed to the ground on Dec. 6, 1992, by a large group of activists from the Hindu nationalist organization Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). They claimed the mosque was built on the birthplace of the Hindu deity Ram. The Supreme Court, which issued the ownership decision in November 2019, disagreed that the mosque was built on any demolished temple.
The mosque was built on Emperor Babur’s orders in 1528 by Mughal Kingdom military officer Mir Baqi. It was targeted after a political rally involving approximately 150,000 Hindu activists and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members gathered at the site turned violent. A subsequent investigation into the incident identified 68 people responsible, including many senior leaders of the ruling BJP and the VHP, who delivered provocative speeches inciting the mob to knock down the structure.
Unfortunately, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) not only embraces act and policies that discriminate against the Muslims and other religious minorities and low-caste Hindus but also turns up its pressure on judiciary and the media.
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