WPI urges India to pressurise Israel to stop aggression

Mangalore, November 20: Being an important global player and ally of Palestine, India should exert pressure on Israeli regime through United Nations to immediately end its blatant aggression towards besieged Gaza, said P C Hamza, General Secretary of Welfare Party of India.

Addressing a public meeting of the one-and-a-half-year-old party at Town Hall in the city on Monday evening, expressed his party's solidarity and sympathy with the helpless Palestinians against the Israeli aggression.

Expressed grief and sorrow on the martyrdom of many innocent Palestinians in the attacks, Mr Hamza said that being a founding member of the Non-Aligned Movement, India cannot remain a mute-spectator to the current crisis in Hamas-ruled Gaza strip.

Criticising the government and police for selectively targeting educated youth of a particular community in terror related cases, he demanded the government to publicly apologise and compensate those innocent Muslim youths who were acquitted after spending several years in prisons.

Talking about the relevance of WPI in the current political scenario, he said that it was inevitable to form a political party based on moral values at a time when both ruling and opposition parties of the country and its states have miserably failed to accomplish their responsibilities.

B T Lalitha Naik, the Vice President of WPI, said that her party stands for affirmative actions and special measures for all weaker sections and communities till they get complete social emancipation and dignified space in society.

“We will fight till suppressed and marginalised sections get justice. Apart from food, shelter and home, all people of this country should get free education and health care facilities. This is one of the goals of our party”, he said.

Prof T T Jacob, Kasargod district President of WPI, said that his party is the only party in India which embodies country's spirit of unity in diversity. “WPI is striving to realise a welfare state based on moral values and governed by the principles of Justice, Freedom, Equality and Fraternity”, he said.

Earlier, a vehicle rally was taken out from Pumpwell to Hamilton circle, where the news office of the district committee of the party was inaugurated by Ms Lalitha Nayak.