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This article appeared in The Milli Gazette print issue of 16-30 November 2013 on page no. 1
UP govt’s conspiracy to deprive Muzaffarnagar riot victims of their properties
Any uprooted family accepting the aid of five lakh rupees
has to sign an affidavit which says that it will not return to the
village it came from and will not claim 'movable and immovable
properties' in its village (see copy of the affidavit on the below). A
majority of the affected families have refused to sign this dubious
affidavit which is clearly illegal and unconstitutional as it deprives
people of their properties which are at times much more than the
compensation offered.
By Zafarul-Islam Khan, The Milli Gazette
Published Online: Nov 12, 2013
Print Issue: 16-30 November 2013
Muzaffarnagar’s vice president of Jamiat Ulama-e Hind Haji Azizur
Rahman said while talking to mediapersons that Akhilesh Singh government
has announced to give a financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to 1800
riot-hit families of Muzaffarnagar and Shamli who under no circumstances
are willing to return to their homes in their villages where they lived
before the riots because they fear for their safety. District
administration officials tried many times to impress upon these people
the need to go back and live where they used to live before the riots
erupted in September, but because of the hostile attitude of the
villagers, they are not willing to return and settle down elsewhere.
The illegal affidavit refugees are forced to sign to lose their movable and immovable properties in their villages (http://www.scribd.com/doc/
In a state government statement of 27 October, an official said that Rs
5 lakh financial assistance is being given to enable these people to
settle down anywhere they want. This decision has been taken on the
basis of the report submitted by the 10-member committee headed by Shiv
Pal Yadav, minister for public works, which included some ministers.
This compensation package will cost the government Rs 90 crores.
This committee was constituted on Mulayam Singh Yadav’s instructions to
visit the riot-hit areas and to inspect relief and rehabilitation work
for people rendered homeless and forced to live in refugee camps, and
who do not want to return to their homes and villages because of the
hostile attitude of the village people there.
Haji Azizur Rahman demanded that the government make sincere efforts to
trace persons who are still missing for about two months or declare
them dead and give compensation to their families. He also demanded that
those responsible for instigating the riots must be subjected to legal
process and jailed. Police officers who shirked their responsibility
and in any way encouraged the rioters or helped them in any way must
also be strongly dealt with, he demanded.
Government officials clarified that the amount of Rs 5 lakh will be
given to those whose houses were burnt or those whose near and dear ones
were killed. They further said that people in villages where no riots
had taken place but who had shifted to other places because of fear will
not be considered deserving of this financial assistance. They also
said that for other financial losses in addition to burnt houses,
further financial assistance besides Rs 5 lakh will be given and with
this help, 965 families of Muzaffarnagar will benefit.
The Mushawarat delegation visiting Muzaffarnagar and Shamli camps for
the third time on 5 November came to know that the said grant of five
lakh rupees is only for refugees from 12 villages where murder and arson
took place on a large scale while refugees from dozens of other
villages who fled out of fear and many of them refuse to return will not
get any such help. Moreover, any family accepting this help of five
lakh rupees has to sign an affidavit which says that it will not return
to the village it came from and will not claim “movable and immovable
properties” in the villages (see copy of the affidavit above). A
majority of the affected families have refused to sign this affidavit
which is clearly illegal and unconstitutional as it deprives people of
their properties whose value at times is much more than the compensation
offered.
The affidavit shows that the Samajwadi Party government is
hand-in-glove with the grand conspiracy to deprive Muslims of their
properties and lands. This proves what Times of India reported on 1 Nov., that land grab is the motive behind the fresh violence.
This article appeared in The Milli Gazette print issue of 16-30 November 2013 on page no. 1
