Madhya Pradesh: The Muslim community in Khargone city of Madhya Pradesh has decided to approach the High Court against the “selective” demolition drive launched by the BJP government in the State, under which it has started demolishing the properties of Muslim families. The same was also reported in other places.
Stating that the demolition drive has rendered several people homeless, a Muslim cleric asked why the government was punishing them, news agency PTI reported.
Earlier, the state government of Madhya Pradesh launched the drive against “illegal” properties allegedly belonging to those involved in the stone-pelting on April 10 during a Ram Navami procession.
Several Muslim religious leaders in the State have earlier alleged that members of the community were being unfairly targeted and houses were demolished in some cases without due process.
“I have asked the advocates from our community to move the high court against the selective demolition drive going on in the state. We are certainly going to move the high court against this unilateral drive,” Bhopal Shahar Qazi Syed Mushtaque Ali Nadwi told PTI over phone on Saturday.
When asked how many houses belonging to Muslims have been demolished in Khargone so far, he said that it will be known once the curfew was lifted.
“The society is run by law. A person who commits a crime should be punished, not his family. Why are houses being demolished if one member of a family commits some mistake,” the cleric was quoted as saying, adding that many families were rendered homeless as a result of the government’s drive.
Earlier, Nadwi had told PTI that CCTV footage will show from where stones were thrown during such incidents. He had also said that the demolition of ‘illegal structures’ of those allegedly involved in violence in Khargone was totally wrong.
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