No longer a place of worship; Mosques chosen as ‘pick-up’ stations for anti-Modi protest in ‘Howdy Modi’ event

New Delhi, September 19: As Houston sets the stage for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s most awaited speech in ‘Howdy Modi’ event, some anti-Modi and separatist groups are planning to protest making the event a flop show. The protests are being planned by some minority communities from India. In the name of human rights, the protests are actually planned by separatist groups, demanding independent Kashmir and independent Punjab.

 

Interestingly, for the first time, Muslim and Sikh groups have come together to protest against alleged discrimination against non-Hindus in India when Modi visits Houston to attend the event. The protesting organisers have arranged buses for the protesters to travel. Apart from this, the protesters held a “dress rehearsal” for the protests, where they drove tractor-trailers decorated with flags and protest signages from Sikh National Centre to the NRG centre, the venue of the “Howdy, Modi” event will take place.

The protests are being held under the banner of International Humanitarian Foundation, and they have published details of transportation facility for the protesters. It is interesting to note that all the locations, from where buses will travel to the event venue, are religious institutions. Mosques have been chosen as ‘pick-up’ locations for the protestors.

The organisers have published a list of 17 locations where buses will be stationed, and 16 of them are Mosques or other Islamic centres, while the rest one is a Sikh Gurudwara. Few of these mosques are identified as promoting radical Islam by the Clarion Project, like the Islamic Education Centre and Masjid At-Taqwa.

With India taking huge steps to curb illegal terror activities and has cut the rope of terrorism from its core, separatist groups are trying each and every way to create obstacles by promoting anti-Modi movements. Likewise, the Ministry of Home Affairs has banned Khalistan movement organisations which have manipulated people in their own self interest bid to have a separate Punjab.

Howdy Modi is a community summit hosted by Texas India Forum (TIF) for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, September 22nd at the NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas at 10 am. Over 50,000 attendees have already registered for the sold-out event through online registration.