Indian Muslim organizations condemn Varanasi blasts

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Indian Muslim organizations condemn Varanasi blasts

The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and the Jamiat-Ulama-i-Hind

(JUIH) condemned the twin bomb blasts in Varanasi and offered

condolences to the families of the innocent killed in twin blasts

Tuesday evening.

 

Appealing to the people to exercise restraint, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind

(JUIH) General Secretary Mahmood A Madani asserted that the blasts

were shameful acts and must be condemned in one voice by the whole

nation.

 

In a release in New Delhi, he added that any violence especially in a

place of worship was most condemnable.

 

Madani urged the law enforcement agencies to deploy every possible

means to provide immediate relief and security to the affected

people.

 

Meanwhile, the IUML asked the Government to strengthen security and

bring the culprits to book.

 

G M Banatwala, the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) President, said

in a statement in Mumbai that the "political designs" behind these

blasts and other recent incidents of violence in Uttar Pradesh "must

be defeated."

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia

Gandhi condemned the explosions in Varanasi and appealed to the

people to maintain calm in "these testing times".

 

Meanwhile authorities stepped up security in the district and

adjoining areas in Varanasi and other states.

 

A red alert has been sounded in National capital Delhi, Rajasthan,

Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Orissa while security has been beefed up

nationwide in cities of religious and tourist significance following

the Centre's directive to all states to be vigilant in the wake of

the blasts in Varanasi.

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