The South Goa collector had recently denied permission to our Muslim brethren to hold religious procession in some places in South Goa based on representation from a Hindutva organization threatening law and order situation if the procession is carried out. Denial of permission to carry out religious procession is a violation of a community’s right to worship which is a fundamental right guaranteed under the Constitution of India. Carrying out processions has religious significance. Denial of permission to carry out religious procession based on the threat of a law and order situation by an organization who wants to disturb the peace and harmony in Goa and create communal tension shows the incompetence of the South Goa District Collector. Action should be taken by the Government against those organisations creating communal tensions and ban them from Goa otherwise this vice will spread to other places and every single day we will hear of communal tensions in Goa created by the same people. I would like to caution those organizations and their supporters including government officials creating communal tensions in Goa for vested interests.
