80 Valmiki Families Adopt Islam To Save their Houses in Rampur

Though the society is developing in many aspects in and around everywhere we are still going behind in religious discrimination. Around 80 Valmiki families in Rampur have announced to embrace Islam in order to “save their houses from demolition”. Five of them have even started an indefinite hunger strike against the government’s plan to widen the roads in Topkhana locality, as the municipal body said, by clearing the “encroachments”.The issue began on April 6 when municipal authorities marked the houses for demolition at Topkhana locality. SP’s district unit office is located on same road and the civic body is also constructing a multi-storeyed ‘Gandhi Mall’ in the same locality.The police have registered a case against 86 members of the Valmiki community for staging an agitation against UP Urban Development Minister Azam Khan, after protests by SP workers.

80 Valmiki Families Adopt Islam To Save their Houses

“We held the agitation as Valmiki community are living in the locality for 60 years and our houses are in danger. Now, they don’t want us to live near the beautiful mall as our houses are spoiling its beauty,” Eklavya Valmiki, who is named in the FIR, told The Indian Express. He is also an office bearer of Valmiki Basti Bachao Sangarsh Samiti, which is leading the agitation.

Uttar Pradesh, 80 Valmiki families has announced the adoption of Islam. The five people in the region artillery fast unto death against road widening plan is started. In this case the municipality is trying to say that the eviction. Valmiki slum ‘encroachment’ removal protest demonstration against the urban development minister Azam Khan also picket-performed against those Spaiyon. Then Valmiki community police case has been registered against 86 persons. The dispute began on April 6, when the municipality authorities to widen the road, decided to pull down the houses. The widening of artillery to break these homes have been selected on the same street is the office of district unit of the Socialist Party. Also in the same area multistory Gandhi Mall “is also being built.Left with “no option”, the affected families have announced that they would embrace Islam on April 14 on Ambedkar Jayanti, if the conversion helps them save their homes.

“If that is the guarantee when our houses can be saved we will become Muslims. There is no other option. The roads in Muslim locality is quite narrow but our road is being widened,” Eklavya claimed. The Valmiki organisation has also issued a press statement in this regard.Police authorities took serious note of slogans against Azam Khan and transferred seven policemen of the local police station to reserve police lines.

Azhar Ahmed Khan, Chairman Nagar Palika Rampur, said, “We are just removing encroachment from government land. We will take legal action. It is just pressure tactics. One becomes Muslim from heart. It is an RSS ploy,” he alleged.

What if we are of which religion..? lets be all together, no matter to what religion we belong to, we are Human Beings. Few Tweets on #ValmikiFamilies are :

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