The BJP on Saturday described the US State department’s ‘2018 International Religious Freedom Report’ as a clear case of “bias against the Modi government and BJP”.
In a statement, party’s media in charge Anil Baluni said: “The basic presumption in this report that there is some grand design behind anti-minority violence is simply false”.
He said on the contrary, in most of such cases, these instances are carried out as a result of “local disputes and by criminal mindsets”.
“Whenever needed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders have strongly deplored violence against minorities and weaker sections of the society,” he said.
Baluni, also a Rajya Sabha lawmaker further said: “India has deep rooted democratic institutions, including fiercely independent and pro-active judiciary, which is quite capable of handling such disputes and punish the guilty”.
“Unfortunately, this fact is completely ignored in this report,” he said.
The statement asserted that the saffron outfit under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi believes in
‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas (A Government for All and Development for All)’.
“Mega schemes launched and effectively implemented by the Modi government have benefited all the castes, religions and regions equally. BJP is indeed proud of its record in uplifting living standards of
all poor, underprivileged sections of the society, irrespective of their faith and gender,” Baluni said.
BJP dubs US State department report on religious freedom as ‘biased’
