Union Minister of State for Minority and Parliamentary Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, dares Samajwadi Party government to bring an anti-conversion law in wake of the controversy raging in the state.
``Uttar Pradesh government has totally failed in ensuring law and order and development and was just doing politics over the conversion issue,’ he alleged.Talking to media persons here on Saturday morning, Naqvi alleged that the so called secular parties government in the states are not ready to bring anti-conversion law while all the BJP states have done it. ‘If UP government is really concerned about the conversion then it should bring the law without playing politics on the issue,’ he asserted. Naqvi was in lucknow for a brief period to attend a private function.
The Union Minister alleged that there is no development in the State while anarchy and crime were ruling the State under the present Samajwadi Party regime. Opposition were up in their arms against the BJP government at the Centre over the reported conversion of 57 Muslim families in Agra recently by Hindu organisations. The Union minister reiterated that the BJP government at the Centre was just focusing on the development agenda and any destructive effort to diminish the agenda would not be tolerated. “ BJP had never shied away from any discussion in the Parliament on conversion and never supported forced conversion or anyone luring for the same,” he stated. Naqvi said that the Centre was concentrated on ‘Sushashan’ and development and no one can divert the attention of the government.
Criticising the Opposition for paralysing the Parliament without any basis, he said that the government was trying hard to take the country top in the world. Naqvi further said that ISIS would never be able to make hold over India and will not succeed in their “evil design” on Indian soil. “The propaganda they (ISIS) are spreading of making inroads among Indian Muslims is mischievous. The claim of making hold over India is a kind of mischief. We have full faith that such powers had neither been able to maintain any hold over India nor will they succeed in their nefarious or evil design on Indian soil,” Naqvi disclosed. He said that their destructive agenda cannot defuse the agenda of development and good governance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “We are committed for overall development through good governance,” he said.
Naqvi said that on one hand the world is facing many challenges on which the future of humanity critically depends and on the other hand India is strongly and effectively moving towards socio-economic developmental mission under the PM. “Some negative things are coming up. It may be timely disturbing but will not succeed to destroy harmony, peace and developmental agenda of the government,” he said. The minister said that common concern of the world isterrorism and fanaticism. “It is a serious threat for the world peace. Countrieswhich are supporting or sponsoring terrorism are nowadays isolated before the world. This is a very positive development,” he said.