NEW DELHI: Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar on Monday raised the problem of steady assaults towards Hindu temples throughout the USA and the rising worry of hate crimes among the many neighborhood whereas interacting with members of the Hindu neighborhood.Throughout his interplay with the neighborhood, the Congressman accused native regulation enforcement of not taking ample motion to analyze the latest assaults.”We have seen quite a lot of assaults occurring on Hindu temples throughout the USA, and we have seen much more in newer occasions. And it is time for us to hunt help. There’s worry,” Thanedar stated.”Many Hindu communities are beneath worry. And what we have seen is that native regulation enforcement hasn’t taken sufficient motion. We now have not seen any suspects, any arrests, or any decision to those points,” he added.Congressman Thanedar additional stated, “That (assault incident) has created quite a lot of worry among the many Indian American neighborhood, among the many Hindu neighborhood, and quite a lot of misinformation has been unfold. And so the aim of this decision is to carry that to the eye of Congress and to the Biden administration.”One other Indian-American, Vijay Sadhawal, who was current on the occasion, expressed his concern over the ‘bias of the American media’ in the direction of American Hindus and stated that the decision is simply the start line to elevating the voice of the Hindu neighborhood.”We now have sufficient Hindu Individuals within the nation that may truly be a steering rod, so to talk, for shielding our minority rights on this nation. And but we see that the devices of democracy, just like the media, civil society, and NGOs, appear to be biased towards the Hindu inhabitants of the USA,” he stated.Notably, Thanedar additionally drew similarity between the latest assaults on Hindu temples in US with the assaults on Kashmiri Pandits after the Nineties through the interplay and stated that he “sees an amazing similarity that serves the establishments.””The putting similarity is that if I take you again to Kashmir, which is a Hindu minority area in one other democracy, and I look again on the occasions that came about in late final century, particularly after the Nineteen Eighties and past, I see an amazing similarity that serves the establishments that within the democracy are meant to guard you,” he stated.Earlier, Congressman Thanedar launched a decision within the Home of Representatives condemning Hinduphobia, anti-Hindu bigotry, hate, and intolerance which has been referred to the Home Committee on Oversight and Accountability.The decision that Congressman Shri Thanedar launched earlier final week reads that Hindu Individuals face stereotypes and disinformation about their heritage and symbols, and have been the targets of bullying in faculties and on faculty campuses, in addition to discrimination and hate speech.Congressman Thanedar additionally stated that he expects bipartisan help in Congress because it displays American values, including that he’ll proceed to combat towards racism.
