Ex-bureaucrats decry ‘frenzy of hate-filled destruction’

Over 100 former bureaucrats have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a hope that he’ll name for an finish to what they termed as “politics of hate” allegedly practised “assiduously” by governments beneath BJP’s management.

In an open letter, they mentioned “we’re witnessing a frenzy of hate crammed destruction within the nation the place on the sacrificial altar should not simply Muslims and members of the opposite minority communities however the Structure itself”.

Former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung, former Nationwide Safety Adviser Shivshankar Menon, ex-foreign secretary Sujatha Singh, former Residence Secretary GK Pillai and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Principal Secretary TKA Nair are among the many 108 signatories of the letter.

“As former civil servants, it’s not usually our need to categorical ourselves in such excessive phrases, however the relentless tempo at which the constitutional edifice created by our founding fathers is being destroyed compels us to talk out and categorical our anger and anguish,” the letter mentioned.

“The escalation of hate violence in opposition to the minority communities, notably Muslims, in the previous couple of years and months throughout a number of states – Assam, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, all states by which the BJP is in energy, barring Delhi (the place the union authorities controls the police) – has acquired a daunting new dimension,” it mentioned.

The previous bureaucrats mentioned they consider that the risk is unprecedented and at stake isn’t just constitutional morality and conduct; it’s that the distinctive syncretic social cloth, “which is our best civilizational inheritance and which our Structure is so meticulously designed to preserve, is prone to be torn aside”.

“Your silence, within the face of this monumental societal risk, is deafening,” the letter mentioned.

“We enchantment to your conscience, taking coronary heart out of your promise of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas’,” it mentioned.

“It’s our fond hope that on this yr of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’, rising above partisan concerns, you’ll name for an finish to the politics of hate that governments beneath your social gathering’s management are so assiduously practising,” mentioned the letter.