After BJP’s Team of 9, Opposition to Send 5 Members to Kairana

JD(U) leader KC Tyagi has alleged that the BJP is trying to create Muzaffarnagar, Godhra-like situation in UP.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar by Sharad Yadav (center) with JD(U) general secretary KC Tyagi in Delhi, on 10 April 2016. (Photo: IANS)

A delegation of five opposition parties, including JD(U), CPI(M) and NCP, will visit Kairana in Uttar Pradesh to meet residents after the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) claim of exodus of Hindus.

The BJP had sent a nine-member team to the area to take stalk of the alleged migration due to fear of criminals. The claims made by BJP president Amit Shah, the opposition believes, created “anxiety and tension” in Western Uttar Pradesh.

The delegation which will visit Kandhla and Kairana include the folowing leaders:

• JD(U) MP KC Tyagi
  
• CPI(M) MP Md Salim
  
• CPI’s D Raja
  
• NCP MP DP Tripathi
  
• RJD spokesperson Manoj Jha
  

BJP MP Hukum Singh, an accused in the 2013 Muzffarnagar violence case. (Photo Courtesy: Muzaffarnagar.nic.in)

BJP MP Hukum Singh had set in motion a political slugfest after releasing two lists of Hindus who had migrated from the region.

The move backfired after UP police, Shamli district authorities and media houses found out that the lists were far from accurate. Singh later altered his stance.

People from Kairana did come to me. They told me that what all they (BJP) are saying is a lie. It is nice that they (BJP) have made a U-turn from what they have earlier said. Soon there will be elections in UP, there should not be any tension on communal divide. 

Sharad Yadav, JD(U) Leader

The fact-finding team was announced by Shah on Monday during the course of its National Executive meeting in Allahabad after Singh alleged that the reason behind migration was communal.

(With inputs from PTI)

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