ISLAMABAD
\nPakistan expressed grave concern over confirmation of BJP leadership\u2019s direct involvement in anti-Muslim violence during the horrific Gujarat riots of 2002 that led to killing of over two thousand Muslims.
\nPakistan also urged India to immediately constitute an independent commission of inquiry to bring the culprits of the horrific Godhra incident, as well as the Gujarat riots, to justice.
\n\u201cThe recent statement by the former Chief Minister of Gujarat, Shankersinh Vaghela, has confirmed Pakistan\u2019s long-standing assertion that the BJP led government under the incumbent Prime Minister \u2014 who was the Chief Minister of Gujarat at the time of anti-Muslim riots in Godhra \u2014 was directly responsible for fomenting violence and massacre of Muslims,\u201d the Foreign Office Spokesperson said in a press release.
\nThis has been further corroborated indirectly by the Indian Home Minister, who recently claimed that those responsible for Gujarat riots had been \u201ctaught a lesson\u201d and \u201cpermanent peace\u201d had been established in Gujarat by BJP\u2019s decisive actions.
\nPakistan also stressed upon upon the international community, particularly human rights activists and defenders to take serious note of the aggravating situation of Islamophobia in India; and called on Indian government to ensure that the rights of minorities in India, especially Muslims, were safeguarded and their lives protected, it was added.
\nThe spokesperson said \u201cIt is most deplorable that the crimes against humanity, targeting Muslims, were perpetrated solely for BJP\u2019s political gains. Regrettably, the BJP once again seeks to cash in on its divisive policies two decades after the Gujarat tragedy.\u201d
\nUnder BJP rule, India\u2019s treatment of its minorities, especially Indian Muslims, had been discriminatory, degrading, and full of hate and violence. In June this year, the Supreme Court of India handed a clean chit to the current Prime Minister, the then CM of Gujarat, for his role in the 2002 Gujarat riots.
\nThe Supreme Court shut down as many as 11 petitions, including one filed by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India, seeking an independent probe into the 2002 Gujarat riots cases.
\n\u201cIt is an undeniable fact that India\u2019s incumbent Prime Minister had been banned from entering countries such as the United States till 2014, because of his abysmal human rights record as Chief Minister of the Gujarat state,\u201d the spokesperson said.
\nSadly, the entire Indian legal and administrative machinery was blindly pursuing the Hindutva-driven agenda of the ruling BJP-RSS nexus, where perpetrators of hate and violence were protected by law and enjoyed exalted status, whereas religious minorities were constantly threatened and denied the freedom to practice their faith without fear, while their lives, property and places of worship remained under threat of violation.
\nPakistan urges upon India to immediately constitute an independent commission of Inquiry to bring the culprits of the horrific Godhra incident, as well as the Gujarat riots, to justice.
\nPakistan also calls upon the international community, particularly human rights activists and defenders to take serious note of the aggravating situation of Islamophobia in India; and calls on Indian government to ensure that the rights of minorities in India, especially Muslims, are safeguarded and their lives protected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Pakistan expressed grave concern over confirmation of BJP leadership\u2019s direct involvement in anti-Muslim violence during the horrific Gujarat riots of 2002 that led to killing of over two thousand Muslims. Pakistan also urged India to immediately constitute an independent commission of inquiry to bring the culprits of the horrific Godhra incident, as well as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-297810","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n