NEW DELHI – Indian Union minister for Home Rajnath Singh has said aboutKhalistan issue that it will not allowed to be revived. He said only fewthousand took part in the recent protest.
Singh was referring to a recent protest in support of a referendum for anindependent Punjab.
“The hand of Pakistan’s ISI has also come out in the open in this,” he said.
Talking about the unrest among the SCs/STs which led to some violentincidents in the country in the recent past, Singh said they were beingchecked.
Downplaying the dissent in the NDA alliance, Singh said such a thinghappens in every family.
“Even when 10 birds come together they do it, but my confidence is that theShiv Sena will remain with us,” he stressed.
Replying to a question on mob lynching, he said it was unfortunate andshould not happen.
“But the biggest mob lynching took place in 1984,” he said in an apparentreference to the anti-Sikh riots.
Singh said the government has taken the lynching incidents very seriouslyand a committee has been set up under the home secretary.
He said the committee has submitted a report only a day before yesterday onthe measures required to check it.
“The law will also be amended if required,” the minister said.
To a question on checks being imposed on social media, he said fake news,pornography and other things which are harmful for society will have to bechecked and this is the responsibility of the government.