NAPM condemns horrific spree of mob lynchings across the country after the Lok Sabha election 2024. United Resistance needed against hateful communal politics.
NAPM condemns the horrific spree of mob lynchings across the country after the Lok Sabha election results
Withdraw FIR filed against journalists for reporting cases of mob lynchings
United Resistance is needed against hateful communal politics, mob lynching of religious minorities and caste-based oppression
17th July 2024: The National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), strongly condemns the horrific spree of mob lynchings of minorities across the country after the declaration of the Lok Sabha election results on 4th June. We demand a fair investigation, stringent and prompt action against the perpetrators in all these cases as well as complete support, safety and compensation to the aggrieved families. We also call for the withdrawal of FIR filed against UP-based journalists for merely reporting cases of mob lynchings. While the BJP Govt has received a weakened mandate in the elections, the social poison of communal hatred remains a challenge, which we need to unitedly resist.
Over the past month and a half, there have been reports of more than 13 cases of mob lynching across different states, such as Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand. We wish to point out and condemn the complicity of state administration and the police, in safeguarding the perpetrators and targeting religious minorities and caste-oppressed people in the incidents of mob lynching. We are also appalled that instead of taking swift action against mob lynching, the Uttar Pradesh Govt. chose to crackdown on journalists Zakir Ali Tyagi, Wasim Akram Tyagi, Asif Rana, Saif Allahabadi and Ahmed Raza Khan and filed FIRs against them, for merely doing their job of reporting/sharing these incidents.