Nearly, 60 Indian-Australian organsiations have complained of cyberattacks over the past two years, claiming that “they have been unsettling and disturbing for the Hindu community in Australia”.

In a joint letter, they said that over the past two years they have witnessed agenda based attacks which were supported in-and-out of the Parliament.

These organisations have recently expressed concern over the allegations levelled by New South Wales Parliamentarian David Shoebridge.

The letter has made no reference to the four recorded aggressive instances or behaviour against the Sikhs. The latest was a car smashed carrying four Sikhs inside in Sydney.

The Australian media has reported that deportations are on the table to control violence, that has now moved from online to physical attacks.

Led by the Hindu Council of Australia, these organisations were irked by Shoebridge stating in Parliament that he has “not seen a single report of a violent act coming from any part of the political spectrum from the Indian community other than the extremist, right-wing Hindu nationalist part of the community.’’

“There have already been too many incidents of far-right [Hindu] extremist violence, particularly against the Sikh community in western Sydney,’’ he had observed.

Shoebridge had also asked in Parliament why Vishwa Hindu Parishad “finds themselves in New South Wales public schools’’.

The letter on the Hindu Council of Australia said the online hate trend has been ongoing for a couple of years. Accusations were made in the past that caste-based discrimination, and dowry are only a Hindu practice.

“These imputations have encouraged an attack on the Hindu community using abusive language on social media, and threat letters by an international terrorist organisation”, said the letter by 56 organisations including temple trusts, hindutva bodies and several regional associations such as those of Kannadigas, Gujratis, Rajasthanis, and Telugus.

The secular and the Sikh communities agree with the Hindu Council of Australia that the animosity within the Indian-origin community has risen over the past two years.

Deepak Joshi with The Humanism Project and Amar Singh, President of Turbans 4 Australia, said the trend of online trolling began when Australian-Indians began criticising the Modi Government.

After the farmers’ movement began, online haters have started targeting the Sikhs.

This story was first appeared on tribuneindia.com