Industry and Commerce Minister Rishad Bathiudeen has been targeted by communal conspirators in the recent past. Even a small incident occurred concerning Muslim interests, immediately these elements put the blame on the Minister . It appears that there is a sinister plan to discredit him .
A few elements in the media are involved in slinging mud to him. In this connection on some social media websites have published news items to the effect that Minister Rishad Bathiudeen is involved in resettling Rohingya refugees in Sri Lanka.
On Saturday (23) the Minister has lodged a complaint at CID and requested to carry out an investigation into the rumours carried out on social media and certain websites and to take legal actions against the offenders.
Minister Rishad Bathiudeen while addressing a media conference held yesterday said thus ’’I have not made any statement in any place of the country about Rohingya refugees. Though we usually do not bother about such social media propaganda, since my name has been mentioned with this serious issue I made a complaint to the CID in order to uncover the racketeers who try to create communal conflicts in the country. These communal conspirators come up in various forms, with various topics time-to time. Their sole objective is to create conflicts among communities by carrying rumours. However, the present government will give no chance for such to disharmonize the citizens, who suffered from the brutal war for three decades”.
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