Amid a disagreement between the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and opposition BJP in West Bengal over the latest deaths in violence within the state’s Birbhum district, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday stated at a operate that intimidation by use of violence is a violation of democratic rights.
“It is our democratic proper to participate in political actions. But if somebody’s political actions are stopped by intimidation and violence, then that could be a violation of these rights,” Modi stated in his video handle from Delhi to the Matua Dharma Maha Mela at Shreedham Thakurnagar in West Bengal, a stronghold of the politically influential Matua group.
“That’s why it’s our responsibility to oppose the mentality of violence wherever in society. It is our responsibility in the direction of the society and the nation,” Modi stated in his handle.
Nine individuals, together with girls and kids, had been burnt to dying final week in alleged retaliatory violence following the dying of a TMC chief in Bagtui space of Birbhum, a TMC bastion. The CBI has taken over the probe following instructions of the Calcutta High Court.
Extolling Harichand Thakur, the nineteenth century social reformer and non secular head of the Matua group whose delivery anniversary was noticed on Tuesday, the Prime Minister stated that Thakur’s teachings develop into extra related when confronted with violence in society. He stated one other side of Thakur’s teachings was to sensitize individuals about their duties in the direction of the society.
“Today, when we see killings and an attempt to divide the society on the basis of language and region, the teachings and philosophy of Sri Sri Harichand Thakur becomes more relevant,” he stated. “I would like to ask the Matua community to raise their voice against violence.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
