PHOTO: AFP/FILEThe Indian government must take steps to ensure a safe environment for minorities in the country, community leaders say. On Minorities Rights Day in India, which is being observed on Saturday, representatives of minority communities also allege that the government has failed to bring an end to attacks on minorities. Of late, there has been an increase in attacks against minorities in India, especially Muslims. Rather, it has become a norm," Niyaz Farooqui, secretary of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, India's largest socio-religious Muslim organisation, told Anadolu Agency. The Indian government needs to look at all the people equally," Prem Singh Chandumajra, a senior leader of Shiromani Akali Dal, a Sikh-focused political party in India, told Anadolu Agency.

Source: The Nation December 18, 2021 14:57 UTC