Opposition Members Express Concern Over Growing Attacks On Dalits, Muslims

New Delhi: Opposition members in Lok Sabha expressed concern on Monday, over growing attacks on dalits and minorities, and called for stern action against cow vigilante

groups which have been targeting them.

Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandopadhyay underlined the need for action against those targeting the dalits and Muslims to uphold secularism and communal harmony.

P K Biju (CPI-M) underlined the need for Parliament to take a stern view of the attacks on the dalit community, which is up against the injustice.

Raising another issue, Rajeev Satav (Congress) said that the Maharashtra Anti-terror Squad chief's statement that 100 young men from the Marathwada region were in touch with ISIS, was alarming. He said two youths from Parbhani, who had plans to set off explosions at Aurangabad and Nagpur, were arrested recently.