Moradabad,

02 July (HS): Former Member of

Parliament and senior Samajwadi Party leader S T Hasan severely denounced on

Wednesday the conduct of some Hindu groups that religiously profiled

establishments along the Kanwar Yatra route. He likened such actions with

terrorism. Asking hotel personnel and local merchants to divulge their names

and forcing people to strip to determine their religion is same to what

terrorists did in Pahalgam. Former

Member of Parliament and senior Samajwadi Party leader S T Hasan severely

denounced on Wednesday the conduct of some Hindu groups that religiously

profiled establishments along the Kanwar Yatra route. He likened such actions with terrorism.

Asking

hotel personnel and local merchants to divulge their names and forcing people

to strip to determine their religion is same to what terrorists did in

Pahalgam. Hasan claimed that this is

also a sort of terrorism. He said that

such occurrences are going place openly, while the Uttarakhand government turns

a blind eye. It appears that the state

government is secretly backing these crimes.

In a secular society like India, such behavior is unacceptable. It should be halted, Hasan stated.

Remarks came amid claims that local Hindu

organizations in numerous Uttarakhand cities were purportedly examining the

identity of restaurant employees and targeted those suspected of being

Muslims. According to videos circulating

on social media, volunteers coerced people into proving their religious

affiliation.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi