Haryana: Notice issued to panchayats for barring entry of Muslims after Nuh violence

The Haryana government has issued notices to gram panchayats and sarpanches for passing resolutions barring entry of Muslims to their villages following the communal violence in Nuh district, reported The Indian Express on Sunday.

Communal clashes had erupted between Hindus and Muslims during the Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra, a procession organised by the Bajrang Dal and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, on July 31, and quickly spread beyond Nuh. Hindu mobs went on a rampage in Gurugram, torching a mosque in Sector 57, killing its deputy imam and setting fire to shops and shanties of Muslim migrant workers in Sector 70 the next day.

Following the violence, gram panchayats in Rewari, Jhajjar and Mahendragarh districts passed resolutions prohibiting entry of Muslims to their village in an apparent reaction to the violence, reported The Indian Express.

“At a few places, some people passed these kinds of resolutions,” Haryana Development and Panchayat Minister Devender Singh Babltold the newspaper. “But I have given clear instructions to the district administrations of all such places that such an act is not permissible under the law and if any person is indulging in issuing such diktats, strict action shall be taken against such people as per the law.”

Authorities have issued show cause notices under Section 51 of the Haryana Gram Panchayati...

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