New Delhi: Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday lashed out at the Tablighi Jamaat saying that the organisation has committed a ‘Talibani crime’ and its ‘sin is unpardonable’.
“Talibani crime by Tablighi Jamaat. This is not negligence. It’s a serious criminal act. When the entire country is fighting united against corona(virus), such a sin is unpardonable,” the minority affairs minister said in a tweet.
“Talibani Crime” by Tablighi Jamaat”.. This is not a negligence, it’s a “serious criminal act”. When the entire country is fighting united against Corona, such a “sin” is unpardonable. #IndiaFightsCorona
— Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (@naqvimukhtar) March 31, 2020
According to the Union Home Ministry, as 2100 foreigners visited India for Tablighi activities since January 1 and all of them first reported at its headquarters in Nizamuddin.
In a statement, the ministry said while approximately 824 of them, as on March 21, were dispersed in different parts of the country, 216 people were staying at Nizamuddin Markaz, where several of them tested COVID-19 positive.
