Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh on Sunday warned the BJP-led NDA Government at the Centre against dividing people along the caste and communal lines. He also questioned the mysterious silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on such a serious issue.
Condemning the series of excesses and atrocities against the members of Dalit community across the country which he warned could have dangerous and disastrous consequences, Capt Amarinder said: “We already have many external enemies ready to destabilise and weaken our country and let us not facilitate them and make their job easy by dividing our own people.”
The former Chief Minister, addressing a dharna to protest against the Dalit atrocities in the country, said this had never happened in India.
He said: “When the country should be concerned over the enemies along the borders like Pakistan and China, there are sections inside, who are trying to divide people.”
“Imagine what will happen if we place one community against the other in the name of caste and religionIJ” he asked, while adding, India was considered as an emerging power in the world and the incidents like what happened in Gujarat should make everybody feel concerned.
The former Chief Minister said there appeared to be a pattern in the violence against Dalits. Gujarat’s was not isolated incident, he said, adding, it was one in the series. “This is happening in UP, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh and everywhere and the Government is watching as a mute spectator”, he said.