CPI(M) condemns BJP for 'nefarious' designs at Dadri

Condemning the "nefarious" designs of BJP and "Hindutva forces" in stoking communal passions at Dadri, CPI(M) today said the Uttar Pradesh government should deal firmly with "elements" trying to provoke violence.
It also demanded that UP police file cases against Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Sanjeev Balyan and others for inciting communal hatred over the Dadri lynching incident.
"We strongly condemn the nefarious designs of BJP and Hindutva communal forces who are once again seeking to raise communal tensions by utilising the so-called beef consumption in Bisara village in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh. The killing of Mohammad Akhlaq and the attack on his family is now sought to be diverted to the issue of cow slaughter and beef consumption," CPI(M) Politburo said in a statement.

It also alleged that the BJP and the Hindutva forces were capitalising on an alleged report of a forensic lab in Mathura that beef was found near Akhlaq's home.
"A minister in the Modi government, Sanjeev Balyan, who was implicated in cases connected with the Muzaffarnagar riots, has made a provocative statement demanding a probe to find out who all had consumed beef besides Akhlaq. Other BJP leaders have demanded that action be taken against Akhlaq's family members," the statement said.
"All these statements are being made with the intention of stoking communal tensions and is part of the wider gameplan of the BJP to create communal polarisation in Uttar Pradesh before the Assembly elections due next year," it said.

The UP government should deal firmly with all those "elements" trying to incite communal passions and provoke violence. There should be no laxity in prosecuting all those accused in the Akhlaq murder case, it added.