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Communal incidents rising: Rajya Sabha members
The centre on Monday reiterated that it was dedicated to maintaining
social harmony as a Rajya Sabha member raised the issue of a nun's rape
in West Bengal and the attack on a Haryana church.
Raising the
issue during zero hour, Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D. Raja
said the extremists were becoming aggressive in the country.
"With
great pain and agony, I raise this issue. A nun was raped in West
Bengal...and a church was attacked in Haryana. There is an crease in
attack on Christian and other communities. It is very shocking," Raja
said.
"The right wing extremist forces have become so aggressive
and offensive. If secular fabric is demolished what will happen to
India," he said as several other MPs joined with the CPI leader.
Responding
to the concerns of the members, Minister of State for Parliamentary
Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the government was dedicated to
maintain social harmony and state governments should take strong action.
"The issue raised is important. Our government is committed to unity and harmony of the country," Naqvi said.
"We are against such incidents that attack religious freedom...State governments should take strong action," he said.
The
nun was brutalised by a gang of bandits inside the Convent of Jesus and
Mary in Ranaghat, some 80 km from Kolkata, on early Saturday. In
another incident, an under construction church was vandalised by
miscreants in Haryana's Hisar district.