‘Govt. urged to alleviate sufferings of Muslim community’

Muslim brethren tell him of ill treatment, harassment and threats by the government, he says

BJP leader and former chairman of Karnataka State Minorities Commission and Minorities Development Corporation Anwar Manippadi urged the government to alleviate the sufferings of Muslim minority community in Karnataka saying they were being ill-treated.

In a letter to CM Basavaraj Bommai on Friday, Mr. Manippadi said, “It is so disheartening to see our government run by a party supposed to be a party with a difference - BJP and having trust and hope in Prime Minister Modi Ji’s concept of ‘Sab Ka Saath Sab Ka Vikas’ which here in Karnataka is not being practised. It is painful to know of the sufferings of Muslims in Karnataka everywhere. I meet my Muslim brethren and they complain that BJP Government is ill-treating, harassing and threatening them with dire consequences.”

He said the Muslim community in Doddanagamangala village in Bengaluru South taluk was unable to get a burial ground despite a court order in 2005. During the pandemic, Muslims had to bury dead bodies in far-off places incurring huge expenditure, he said. There was no Muslim burial ground in the village and up to 6-7 km in surrounding areas.