Hindu Pledge of the economic boycott of Muslims, and Christians in Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur.

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Pledge of the economic boycott of Muslims, and Christians administered during Monday’s Chhattisgarh bandh.

Jitendra Avasthi | HRENB | Raipur | April 12, 2023:: As central Chhattisgarh still reels from an incident of sporadic communal violence on April 8 and the subsequent Hindu mobilisation by right-wing organisations, a video of a gathering of around 100 people has surfaced.

Said to be from a protest event in Jagdalpur held as part of a day-long Chhattisgarh bandh on Monday, activists of the BJP and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) are seen taking a pledge of economic boycott of Muslims and Christians in the presence of BJP leaders from the Bastar region, including former Bastar Lok Sabha MP Dinesh Kashyap and royal scion Kamal Chandra Bhanjdeo.

Mr. Kashyap said that he was present at the event to support the Hindutva cause. “We were sitting there and had gone to attend the protest against the Bemetara incident in Biranpur village on April 8,” he said.

Earlier,  The Hindu had learnt that a call for economic and social boycott of Muslims had been made by right-wing groups in Biranpur village in January after an interfaith wedding in the village.

The Monday Chhattisgarh bandh was called to protest of the killing of a Hindu person at Biranpur in a clash between Hindus and Muslims.

The violence in Biranpur, having a population of around 1,300 and is located 60 km from Bemetara, erupted on Saturday after a fight between some schoolchildren. The small brawl between the children of different communities created violence as a Muslim mob in the area violently attacked the Hindus all of a sudden.

A village resident, Bhuvneshwar Sahu (23), was killed while three policemen suffered injuries in the violence that prompted the local administration to impose section 144 of the CrPC, which bars assembly of four or more people, in the area.  Two more residents from a different community were found murdered near the village on Tuesday and the police suspect a correlation.

Read also: VHP Calls for State Bandh After Communal Clash in Chhattisgarh’s Biranpur 

The BJP and the VHP have been since accusing the State’s Congress government of compromising on the safety of Hindus, while the ruling party has hit back with allegations of spreading hatred in the name of religion. On Wednesday, Mohan Markam, Chhattisgarh Congress president and a prominent tribal face from the Bastar region, alleged that the pledge was taken on the directions of the BJP. “Action should be taken against them,” he said.

‘Put up signboards’

In the video, the person administering the pledge – Mukesh Chandak, a VHP functionary according to the police – says that apart from an economic boycott of “non-Hindus, be it a Muslim or a Christian”, all Hindus should have signboards in their shops and business institutions indicating that they belong to Hindu owners.

The Chhattisgarh police said they have received several complaints about the recent pledge. “We have taken cognisance of the incident. We are going through the video and have also spoken to some of the individuals who were present. Prima facie it is a case of discrimination on the basis of religion,” said Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) P. Sundarraj.

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___Inputs from The Hindu and News 18.

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