Hindu Neighbourhood in Vadodara 'Threatened' by Muslim Single Mother?
The woman was allotted the flat in 2017 under the CM scheme but couldn't move in due to protests from the residents.
By: ZIJAH SHERWANI
“We believe that the Harni area is a Hindu-dominated, peaceful area. It is like setting fire to the peaceful life of 461 families... It is the general consensus that all of us have booked homes in this colony because it is a Hindu neighbourhood and we would not like persons from other religious and cultural backgrounds to live in our colony.”
This is an excerpt from the note signed by 33 residents of a housing complex in Vadodara who are protesting against the allotment of a flat to a 44-year-old Muslim single mother. The woman works at the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Skill Development and was allotted the flat in 2017 under the Mukhyamantri Awas Yojana.
But before she could move in, 33 residents of the housing complex objected to it, and since 2020, they have written multiple complaints to authorities seeking her allotment to be invalidated and requesting her to be shifted to another housing complex.
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