Muslim umbrella outfit flays SP govt over Muzaffarnagar riots

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Press Trust of India Aligarh (UP)
Last Updated : Nov 08 2013 | 6:13 PM IST
A newly-formed Muslim umbrella organisation has criticised the ruling Samajwadi Party over the recent Muzaffarnagar riots, saying the state government cannot absolve itself of its responsibilities by blaming some Hindu outfits for the clashes.
"The communal situation in Muzzaffarnagar continues to simmer because real culprits have not yet been apprehended," a special resolution adopted at the end of a two-day national conference of All India Tanzeem-e-Insaaf yesterday said.
"It is true that while these Hindutva organisations had carefully planned these disturbances, since the past several months, the SP government was aware of these mechanisms but appears to have deliberately ignored the warning signals for serving its own narrow agenda," it alleged.
The outfit said its resolution has been designed to work for the faithful implementation of welfare schemes for the minorities while upholding the principles of communal harmony and protection to the country's secular polity.
The Tanzeem-e-Insaaf will serve as an umbrella organisation for different Muslim social and educational organisations in the country, the outfit said.
The convener of the conference A A Khan said: "This organisation will serve a watchdog for implementation of the welfare schemes and for the protection of the legal rights of the Muslim community".
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First Published: Nov 08 2013 | 6:13 PM IST

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