'Hindus exodus witnessed in Malvani': BJP leader in MH assembly

Mumbai, Mar 5: The Mumbai BJP President Mangal Prabhat Lodha pitched in for the matter related to the Hindu exodus which is taking place in the Malad-Malvani region in the Vidhan Sabha. Naming it as ‘Malvani Pattern’, the BJP leader said that the exodus of Hindus has a similar pattern that was occurred in areas such as Kashmir, Kairana, and Assam where Hindu minorities were threatened and intimidated to leave.

 

 

 

“There is a pattern to this Hindu exodus. They are being threatened and intimidated to leave their houses. A concerted attempt is being made to evict them. Just like Kashmir, Kairana witnessed the exodus of Hindus, Malvani in Mumbai is also witnessing the same,” Lodha said.

 

Having the berth of the Malabar Hill assembly constituency, he expressed concerns over the decreasing population of Hindu voters in the Malvani assembly constituency. "If you look at the Vidhan Sabha voters list in Malad-Malvani region, the number of Hindu voters have reduced by about 15,000 while the Muslim voters have risen by 12,000," Lodha said.

 

 

 

Further, he also raised voices for Hindus in Malvani who are being persecuted through a planned conspiracy which entails evicting them so that Rohingya Muslims, Bangladeshis and others could be settled. Giving the example of Chheda Nagar of Malvani, Lodha said more than half of 106 Hindu families who used to stay earlier had left the neighbourhood. He urged chief minister Uddhav Thackeray to take cognisance of the matter and asked him to constitute a separate committee to look into the persecution of Hindu residents in the region.

 

The BJP leader also spoke about the posters of Lord Ram being torn apart by police officials in Malvani. He said not only police personnel ripped apart the posters but they also filed an FIR against those who reported the incident.

 

 

 

In January 2021, at least three VHP leaders were arrested for putting up posters of Ram Mandir Nidhi Sankalan Abhiyan, a donation drive for the construction of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.