Amnesty India Criticizes Boris Johnson For His Silence On Jahangirpuri Violence
New Delhi: The Amnesty India has criticized British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for inaugurating UK-headquartered heavy equipment maker JCB at Halol in Gujarat's panchmahals district and not uttering words over the Janhangirpuri incident.
It also said that the UK government must not remain a ''mute bystander.''
Taking to the micro-blogging site Twitter, Amnesty India slammed the UK PM and termed his silence over the incident as deafening.
"In the backdrop of Municipal Corporation of Delhi using JCB bulldozers to raze down shops of Muslims in Northwest Delhi's Jahangirpuri yesterday, UK Prime Minister's inauguration of a JCB factory in Gujarat is not only ignorant but his silence on the incident is deafening," Tweeted.
"It must bring human rights to the discussion table. India cannot wait another day for justice," Amnesty India added.
It further said that such a brazen attack on the right to livelihood and adequate housing of religious minorities in India is an attack on their hopes for a secure future.
A day after the municipal corporation in Delhi carried out an anti-encroachment drive in Jahangirpuri using bulldozers, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday inaugurated a factory of JCB at Halol in Gujarat's panchmahals district.
During the inauguration, Johnson climbed on a bulldozer, and visuals of him waving from it drew flak and criticism.
His act gathered a lot of attention and became a talking point on social media platforms as it came in the backdrop of bulldozers being used to demolish ''illegal'' homes and shops in some parts of the country in the last few days in the wake of violence.
Johnson inaugurated JCB's latest factory in India with a 100 million pound investment. With 11 factories in the UK employing more than 7,500 people, JCB first began manufacturing in India in 1979 and is now the country's leading producer of construction equipment.
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