Confederation of Voluntary Associations (COVA), a social organization, has strongly and unequivocally condemned the attack on media in Mumbai by a section of people gathered at the Azad Maidan to protest the violence in Assam and Burma. Using violence in a protest against violence is an insult to the suffering victims in whose support the protest was purportedly organized.
In a press note, COVA said that there are many non violent and democratic ways to communicate and protest any grievances, including against the media. This mindless and shameful action by a few misguided individuals discredits protest and becomes a disservice to a cause.
COVA offered its solidarity with media; sympathy with all those injured and wish for their quick recovery. It urged the government to take immediate and exemplary action against the guilty.
It also appealed to all citizens not to get swayed by this isolated and dastardly incidence and allow the situation to become a cause of conflict. Any communalization of the situation will be harmful for everyone and totally against the interests of the nation.
COVA representatives across the nation expressed their unhappy over the incident and they are Lalita Ramdas (Ali Bagh), Mazher Hussain ( Hyderabad), Admiral L. Ramdas ( Ali Bagh), Mahesh Bhatt (Mumbai), Ram Punyani (Mumbai), Kamla Bhasin (Delhi), Sandeep Panday (Lucknow), Jatin Desai (Mumbai).
–Agencies