Government machinery is mute spectator to attacks on Muslims, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday accused the government machinery of being a “mute spectator” to attacks on minorities, particularly Muslims.

He made the statement days after a Muslim man from West Bengal was beaten to death in Haryana allegedly by members of a cow vigilante group and another Muslim man in Maharashtra was assaulted in a train by men who claimed that he was carrying beef.

The attack in Haryana took place on August 27, while the one in Maharashtra took place on August 28.

“Such miscreants get a free pass under the BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party] government, which is why they dare to carry out such acts,” Gandhi said on X.

The Hindutva party is in power in Haryana, and is part of the ruling coalition in Maharashtra along with the faction of the Shiv Sena headed by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the Nationalist Congress Party group headed by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.

नफ़रत को राजनीतिक हथियार बनाकर सत्ता की सीढ़ी चढ़ने वाले देश भर में लगातार भय का राज स्थापित कर रहे हैं।

भीड़ की शक्ल में छिपे हुए नफरती तत्व कानून के राज को चुनौती देते हुए खुलेआम हिंसा फैला रहे हैं।

भाजपा सरकार से इन उपद्रवियों को खुली छूट मिली हुई है, इसीलिए उनमें ऐसा कर… pic.twitter.com/WDadyNn1Mt— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 1,...

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