Author: Prof. Ramji Singh
Publication: Organiser
Date: November 6, 2005
URL: http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=103&page=3
Prof. Ramji Singh, BJP MLC, while terming the Mau riots as a massacre of Hindus, said the local MLA, Mukhtar Ansari wanted to finish Hindus from the whole eastern region. "Mukhtar Ansari has unleashed a reign of terror in the whole region and Hindus are being targeted everyday. The state Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, knowingly or unknowingly, is helping him," he added. He alleged that the State government was rubbing salt on the wounds of Hindus for ensuring Muslim votes. Terming the enquiry committee, constituted under Smt. Neera Yadav, as "meaningless", he demanded immediate release of those innocent Hindus who were arrested to appease Muslims during the riots. He said ignoring of the High Court directives by the local administration became the cause of the riots. Terming Mukhtar Ansari as an ISI agent he said there was a conspiracy to repeat another Godhra in Mau.
He said the burgeoning number of mosques and madrasas was posing a grave threat to Hindus in the region. He further said districts like Gorakhpur, Jaunpur, Beharich, Basti, Lakhimpur Khiri, Azamgarh, Ghazipur, Mau and Benaras were in the hit list of anti-national elements.