Incidents such as the attack on Tabrez Ansari are a stain not just on Indian democracy but also on humanity. Khalid Saifullah,CalcuttaSir — The Narendra Modi-led government does not seem to have changed its stance on the lynching of citizens in its second term. Shovanlal Chakraborty,CalcuttaSir — Soon after the lynching of a 24-year-old youth, Tabrez Ansari, in Jharkhand, a madrasa teacher was allegedly pushed out of a train for refusing to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in West Bengal. It is unbelievable that thuggish behaviour seems to have become acceptable across the state since the Bharatiya Janata Party won 18 seats in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha polls. Khokan Das,CalcuttaSir — It is disturbing and shameful that a madrasa teacher was manhandled in West Bengal for refusing to utter ‘Jai Shri Ram’.

Source: The Telegraph July 04, 2019 11:26 UTC