Hindus have asked Europe to select another scapegoat in place of Roma (Gypsies) to blame for their ills and instead work on ending apartheid faced by them for longtime.

Noted Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that it was time now for Europe to move on and pick scapegoat other than Roma who had held that "position" for quite some time.

Rajan Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, argued that Europe's most persecuted and discriminated community, Roma reportedly regularly encountered social exclusion, racism, substandard education, hostility, joblessness, rampant illness, inadequate housing, lower life expectancy, unrest, li
ving on desperate margins, stereotypes, mistrust, rights violations, discrimination, marginalization, appalling living conditions, prejudice, human rights abuse, etc. (ANI)