Makes veiled reference on adverse impact of Sabarimala verdict
National Commission for Minorities Vice-Chairman George Kurian has written to the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh highlighting the worsening communal situation in Kerala. Acting on a memorandum submitted to the NCM Vice-Chairman by noted film director Ali Akbar who listed out a series of incidents including the recent attack on Perambra Town Juma Masjid by a local CPI(M) leader to create communal violence when a hartal declared by Sabarimala Karma Samithi, George Kurian drew the attention of the Home Minister to the volatile situation in Kerala in the wake of the Sabarimala controversy.
Kurian also requested the Home Minister to “keep a close watch on the situation”, as “Kerala is sitting on a communal tinderbox”. Kurian in his letter stated that the three pillars of democracy should take into account the prevailing situation in the state and exercise extreme caution while taking decisions, as even a minor issue can have knock-on consequences on the minority communities. The current turmoil in Kerala is the result of a decision by one of the pillars.
Ali Akbar, in his memorandum to the NCM Vice-Chairman, has stated that there has been a deliberate attempt to trigger communal riots by CPI(M) cadre by attacking places of worship of minorities and killing rival politicians belonging to the Muslim community and pass it off as the handiwork of the RSS/BJP cadre. In the murder of NDF activist Muhammed Fasal, same modus operandi was sought to be created by the accused. “To give an impression that RSS workers were behind the murder, the accused placed a blood-stained kerchief near the house of an RSS worker.” The CBI probe in this case named CPI(M) leaders Karayi Rajan and Karayi Chandrasekharan.
Ali Akbar pointed out that in the CPI(M) rebel leader TP Chandrasekharan murder case, the accused CPI(M) activists used an Innova car with a “Masha Allah” sticker on it to mislead the police that the accused were Muslim extremists.
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