Hindu Retaliation after Nuh: 50 Panchayats ban entry of Muslim traders in three districts of Haryana.

50 Panchayats ban entry of Muslim traders in three districts of Haryana for the safety of Hindus, erupts row.  

Avichal Nath | HENB | Mahendragarh | Aug 9, 2023:: After clashes in Nuh on July 31 and communal tension in other parts of south Haryana, over 50 panchayats in three districts — Rewari, Mahendergarh, and Jhajjar – have over the past few days released letters, all identically worded, barring the entry of Muslim traders as a retaliation for the attacks on Hindus in a very violent way.

Most of the villages barely have any residents from the minority community, with a few exceptions of families that have been living for three to four generations. But, after the Nuh violence, the Hindus in many villages in Haryana are not ready to tolerate the Muslim neighbours for their nature of aggression and giving indulgence to attack Hindus by other Muslim outsiders.

The sub-divisional magistrate of Narnaul (Mahendergarh) Manoj Kumar told TOI that he hadn’t received physical copies of the letters, but had seen them on social media and asked the block office to send show-cause notices to all the panchayats.

“It is against the law to issue such letters. Though we haven’t received any such letter from the panchayats. I got to know about these through media and social media,” he said. “The minority community doesn’t even make up 2% of the population in these villages. Everyone lives in harmony and such a notice will only disrupt that,” he added.

Asked why he had issued the letter, the sarpanch of Saidpur in Mahendergarh said the Nuh clash was the latest trigger, but the village had recorded several theft cases last July.

“All unfortunate incidents started occurring only after outsiders started entering our villages. Right after the Nuh clash, we held a panchayat on August 1 and decided not to allow them inside our villages to maintain peace,” Vikas said. He added that he withdrew the letter after his legal adviser told him it was against the law to single out a community based on religion. “I don’t know how the letter started circulating on
social media.  We have withdrawn it,” he said.

According to Vikas, Saidpur was the first village to issue the letter and others followed. “Around 35 were issued from the Atali block in Mahendergarh, and the remaining from Jhajjar and Rewari,” he said.

A resident of another village neighbouring village, Tajpur, cited news of violence in Nuh and a prod from “bade log (strong men)” to issue the letter. “We don’t have any problem here. But there were calls and visits from bade log, which might have led to the episode,” he said.

With a total of 750 households, the village doesn’t have any families from the minority community. Locals also said they had no such worries.

“We have absolutely no interest in matters that do not concern us,” said Rohtas Singh, shuffling a deck of cards under a peepal tree in front of the village temple. He added:

“We lead a simple and peaceful life. We know what is happening in Nuh, but we do not have any communal tension or safety concerns over here.” Asked the same question, village sarpanch Rajkumar – locally known as ‘Tiger’ – said he got a call from Vikas, who said “everyone has issued the letter and I should also do so”.

“It was a preventive measure and I didn’t see any harm… We had the template of the letter he had issued. We just copied that,” Rajkumar said.

In Hisar, a few panchayat members said, “We are giving a two-day ultimatum to all the shops to fire their Muslim employees or we will boycott them.”

In another neighbouring village, Kunjpura, where around 100 people from the minority community live, the TOI correspondent saw residents playing cards at the town “adda”.

“We live together. We heard about Nuh, but we are untouched. My family has been living here for four generations. This is my home,” said Majid, a trader.

A health department employee Shazeb said the village has around 80 voters from his community. “We have never had any differences. Religion doesn’t affect our friendships. We have grown up together,” he said, departing on a bike with his wife who was clad in a traditional Haryanvi dress – shirt, long skirt and a veil on her head.

Kunjpura sarpanch Narender, who did not issue such a letter, said some from the Mewat region come to their village for cattle rearing and other businesses. “Nevertheless, the scenario in Nuh has put a stop to these businesses… There were some from the region living here, but they left to go back to their families in Nuh,” he said.

Incidentally, on July 31, Haryana became heated due to unrest in religious processions. Although Nuh was the scene of conflict, the fire of violence spread in Gurugram too. Six-Seven people died, as reported. Then the administration started the evacuation operation in the two areas. Bulldozers demolished more than 250 huts in Tauru area, 20 kilometers away from Nuh, last Thursday night. They were migrant Muslims workers from Murshidabad (WB), from Bangladesh and even Rohingyas with UN Refugee cards as reported. The administration claims that the houses of those who created the disturbance have been demolished., those included multistoried buildings around Nuh, from where stones and bricks were pelted to the participants in the procession of VHP. The bulldozer was operated on the orders of Chief Minister Manoharlal Khattar. On August 7, Khattar’s bulldozer stopped at the direction of the court.

The secular Media in India may portray the matter of “Boycotting Muslim Traders” in the villages in a lighter vein, but the Nuh violence has created many suspicions the Hindu minds about their Muslim neighbours in Haryana villages after Nuh violence, where the Jihadi agenda of Muslims was clearly exposed

In many areas of Haryana beyond Mewat. Muslims are increasing with their new habitations and even make-shit Mosques for Friday prayers to register the Islamic presence even in many Hindu areas, obviously due to foolish Hindu generosity by which they invite more Nuh in many places.

As Nuh violence made a permanent fissure in Hindu-Muslim relations in Haryana, leave it the letter and row of the boycott by the Panchayat bodies controlled by Government, many Mahapanchayat in the state are preparing a big boycott of the Muslims if they are not ready to change their anti-Hindu mentality.

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__Inputs from TOI.