UP Hindu CM terms corona crime for Muslim victims

ISLAMABAD: Holding Indian Tableeghi Jamaat members responsible for the spread of coronavirus, India’s biggest state with 230 million population, Uttar Pradesh’s Hindu priest Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that being infected with a virus is not a crime but to hide it is definitely one.

He has asserted that the action would be taken against them for the "crime". Speaking at a programme of a news channel, Adityanath said, "The role of Tableeghi Jamaat was most condemnable. To get a disease is not a crime but to hide a disease which is infectious is definitely a crime. And this crime has been done by those associated with the Tableeghi Jamaat."

Yogi Adityanath belongs to extremist wing of the BJP. "In Uttar Pradesh and other places where the spread of the coronavirus has been seen, Tableeghi Jamaat is behind it. Had they not hidden the disease and went about like its carriers, then perhaps we would have controlled the coronavirus outbreak to a large extent," he had said.

According to Indian media report a Tableeghi Jamaat congregation held in March in Delhi's Nizamuddin area significantly contributed to the doubling of coronavirus cases in India. Under the pretext upper caste Hindus have unleashed a campaign against Muslims and Islam in length and breadth of the country. They have also made Muslim venders their exclusive victim who sell vegetables and petty articles.