Communal tension in Trilokpuri, East Delhi continues to simmer, as the residents of the area are adamant to hold jagran, a night long religious ceremony of Hindus, on October 30.
The preparation for the night long prayer session, that has been on for over two weeks now, had triggered the riots between the Hindus and the Muslims in the area. Amidst heavy police deployment, a shop belonging to a Muslim was burnt in the Hindu neighborhood on Sunday night.
The situation has been brought under control, but curfew continues to prevail for the third consecutive day. The residents of the area, want life to come back to normal, but the local leaders see it as an opportunity to bring the Hindu Dalits together. The schools in the locality that were scheduled to open on Monday after the Diwali break, remained shut. "The police did not allow us to go for work. Our stock of vegetables and milk is getting over. If we do not go to work, what will we eat," said Sageer Ahmed, who works as a tailor in an apparel factory in Noida.
The Hindu's at Trilokpuri want to go ahead with their jagran on October 30. The site at block 20, where the jagran is scheduled to take place is in the vicinity of an under construction mosque. On the evening of October 23, a group of boys from both Hindu and Muslim community entered a spat and fistfight and then ended up pelting stones at each other. The situation was soon brought under control.
However the next day, the clash between the two groups started all over again. At Block 22, 26, 28,34 and 35 both community pelted stones at each other. The police has registered two FIRs against unknown persons in the case. While no fresh case of violence was reported on Monday, but the police and the paramilitary forces is likely to keep guard of the area at least for the next one week.
"We are ready to hold formal talks with the Muslim leaders. But we want the police to call for a meeting so that the issue can be resolved amicably," said Sunil Vaid the former BJP MLA of the area.
Dalit majority
The Trilokpuri Assembly constituency has 20 per cent Muslims and 80 per cent Hindus mostly belonging to various Dalit groups. Till AAP won the assembly election in 2013, the Dalit votes in the area remained divided between BSP and Congress.
Uniting the Dalits suits the BJP politics of the area. With AAP trying hard to hold on to its ground, BSP and Congress almost wiped out, the BJP sees an opportunity in the uniting the Hindu Dalit votes."We want the jagran to take place. If the Hindu's approach me, I will take their cause forward with the police and ensure that the ceremony takes place as planned," added Vaid.
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