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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today spoke to his Gujarat counterpart Vijay Rupani and expressed deep concern over the attacks on Hindi speaking migrants by mobs seemingly angry over the rape of a minor earlier this week. UP CM Adityanath also reportedly spoke to Rupani over the violence against people of UP. Rupani assured his counterparts of providing security and denied movement of migrants back to their home states.
“Our government is aware and alert. I spoke to the Gujarat chief minister Sunday. Our chief secretary and director general of police are also in touch with their counterparts in Gujarat,” Nitish said.
Condemning the rape of the 14-year old allegedly by a migrant from Bihar, Nitish said the guilty must be punished but an entire community cannot be “tarred with the same brush”.
“If somebody has committed a crime, he must be punished severely. But on account of one incident, people should not generalise and hold a grouse against an entire state,” the chief minister said.
Meanwhile, former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav came down heavily on the Centre and the state government, both ruled by the BJP. Taking to Twitter, the Samajwadi Party chief said Gujarat is once again in news, where some people are destroying the environment of peace and spread hatred in the name of Hindi-speaking people, the BJP governments at centre and the state are responsible for it.
गुजरात एक बार फिर सुर्ख़ियों में है, जहाँ कुछ लोग कुछ लोगों के इशारे पर अमन-चैन बिगाड़ रहे हैं और हिंदीभाषियों के विरोध के नाम पर नफ़रत की राजनीति को फैला रहे हैं. केंद्र और राज्य की भाजपा सरकार इसके लिए पूरी तरह से ज़िम्मेदार है.
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) October 8, 2018
Meanwhile, a JD(U) leader, in a two-page open letter to Congress president Rahul Gandhi, blamed the grand old party for the violence against people from Bihar. “You appointed your Gujarat MLA Alpesh Thakor as one of the national secretaries in-charge of Bihar and his outfit Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena is driving out migrant Biharis,” Neeraj Kumar, a JD(U) MLC and spokesman, alleged.
Gujarat CM condemns attacks on migrants from Bihar & UP
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has Condemned the recent attacks on the migrants from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh living in the state. The Chief Minister has assured adequate security and full protection to them. Speaking with media persons at Rajkot today, Mr. Rupani said that miscreants indulging in attacks have been arrested within hours. He said that it has been the characteristic and tradition of Gujarat and the Gujaratis to consider people from other states as their own.
He said that people of all states are living together in peace and in an atmosphere of harmony and bonhomie in Gujarat. He appealed to the people of Gujarat to maintain peace and harmony in the state.
Meanwhile, Minister of State for Home Pradip Sinh Jadeja has said that government will not hesitate to take stern action against miscreants indulging in violence. He said that total 431 persons have been detained and 56 cases have been registered against them.
Mr. Jadeja said that 17 companies of State Reserve Police Force have been deployed to maintain law and order situation in the state along with police. He said that Chief Secretary and DGP of the state are constantly in touch with all district collectors to monitor the situation.