Describing the incident of clash between two communities in Phagwara on 14 April as the worst form of social oppression by the ‘higher caste’, National Scheduled Caste Alliance (NSCA) on Tuesday said that the politicians should personally make efforts to improve the ‘volatile’ situation in Phagwara.
NSCA sought an all party meeting with the intervention of Chief Minister (CM) Amarinder Singh and said that every party should rise above from the vote bank politics and try to mend the situation in Phagwara.
NSCA president, Paramjit Singh Kainth claimed that the situation in the Doaba region of Punjab is deteriorating day by day due to the incident which happened in Phagwara last week. “The circumstances in the city are volatile and people are in continuous fear of violence and oppression,” he said.
In the wake of the incident, Amarinder Singh led Congress government should call for an all party meeting immediately, so as to resolve the rising tension in the area and find a peaceful and collective decision to tackle the problem, added Kainth.
He further reiterated that the situation of law and order in Punjab has been on the decline and instances of caste based violence have increased manifold under the present Congress regime and it is high time that CM should take a serious note of the situation.
“The CM should take this issue and enquire into the reason behind such incidents very seriously. Caste based violence are a hindrance to the development and unity of the society and this cannot be taken lightly,” he said.
Kainth said all the political parties should further rise above the vote bank politics and try to mend the ever increasing distance between the relations of Scheduled Castes community and the general community.
“Instances such as this fuel the tensions even more and it is the duty of the government as well as other political parties to become a bridge to end the gap between the two sections of the society,” he said.