Farooq calls for collective efforts against ‘rise of communalism’ in India

SRINAGAR: Asserting that the secular visage of the country was reeling under the threat from the surge of communalism in the country, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said that need of the hour calls for making collective efforts for the protection of religious freedom and rule of law in the country.

Addressing various delegations, individuals, Dr Abdullah, who recently won Lok Sabha election from Srinagar parliamentary constituency, said, “The spur in the targeted attacks on the Muslims at various places across north India is just painful. The rise of the communalism in India has to be countered by all the right-thinking secular parties of the country.”  (AGENCIES)