Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on
Wednesdayissued a notice and called upon the Rajya Sabha to address the issue of "communal polarisation" and "attacks in the name of cow protection" in many parts of India.
"The attacks in the name of beef eating, raiding the Muslim houses, checking the food people eat and killing people has created the ambience of 'food emergency' in the country," a statement by Yechury read.
"That this House raises the concern over the serious situation risen due to the sharpening communal polarisation in the country where we have been witnessing a series of heinous and murderous attacks in the name of cow protection in many countries," it added.
Modi had earlier urged all parties to extend their support to the Government in fighting corruption and the issue of communal violence in the name of cow protection.
The country saw several mob lynching incidents in the last several weeks. Junaid,17, was stabbed to death while his brothers – Hashim and Sakir – were injured by a mob which also allegedly hurled slurs against them on-board the Delhi-Mathura passenger train between Ballabgarh and Mathura stations last month.
Junaid’s incident was followed by a lynching in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district where a mob of more than 100 people attacked a 45-year-old Muslim trader, Alimuddin aka Asgar Ali, on the suspicion of carrying beef in his car.
The incident happened on a day Modi condemned the killing of people in the name of “Gau bhakti” and said that it is not acceptable. He was giving his speech at Sabarmati Ashram during the centenary celebrations in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
(With agency inputs)