-Says only retrograde society like India could encourage RSS-inspired Hindutva ideology
By Asghar Ali Mubarak
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi Sunday said that only a retrograde society like India could encourage the promotion of RSS-inspired extremist and nefarious ideology of Hindutva and Bharatiya Janata Party.
The president said this on Twitter commenting on a tweet by an Indian journalist Rana Ayyub’s tweet who shared an advertisement of a residential apartment available for rent in a posh Mumbai locality with a clear refusal for Muslims and pets. The president said even in the 21st century, Indian state is backing such a bigotry.
“Muslims and Pets not allowed. This is one of the most posh addresses in Mumbai, Bandra. This is 20th century India. Remind me we are not a communal nation, tell me this is not apartheid,” commented the journalist who works for The Washington Post, The New York Times and other international media outlets. She said she had been house hunting in Bandra the last three months. Upon reading “Shaikh” as her surname, she got a call from the broker on behalf of the owner with the “most obnoxious excuse.”
Ayyub was endorsed by another journalist Vaishna Roy of The Hindu saying that while looking for a house in Chennai, the most common question she was asked whether she was Muslim. “If I had been (a Muslim), a good percentage of homes would have been unavailable for me. The brokers say, sorry madam, we don’t want to ask but owner told us to,” she said.
Earlier, President Dr Arif Alvi has said that the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations is a stark reminder of unfulfilled promises to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, for fulfilment of their right to self-determination.
The president, in his message on the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations observed on October 24 (Saturday), said all the UN bodies, including the Security Council, must press the Indian government to end atrocities in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK), lift the continuing military siege, and remove restrictions on communication movement and peaceful assembly.
They should also press India to revoke new domicile rules designed to change the demographic structure of the occupied territory, rescind unilateral and unlawful actions since August 5, 2019, establish a commission of inquiry to investigate human rights violations by the Indian forces, and implement the UNSC resolutions, he added. The president said Pakistan joined the international community in marking the landmark 75th UN anniversary.
