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Muslims don?t need separate outfit: Madni
NEWLY ELECTED Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind national president Maulana Arshad Madni on Wednesday said Muslims did not need a separate organisation. He called upon the minority community to sink their differences and join hands with secular political parties to mount pressure on the government to meet their long- pending demands.
NEWLY ELECTED Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind national president Maulana Arshad Madni on Wednesday said Muslims did not need a separate organisation.
He called upon the minority community to sink their differences and join hands with secular political parties to mount pressure on the government to meet their long- pending demands.
Madni was on a tour of Purvanchal to strengthen the organisation.
He interacted with mediapersons during a brief halt at the residence of noted physician Dr Aziz Ahmad.
He said every section of society should get its rights which were guaranteed by the Constitution. Maulana said the policies of the Congress were flexible towards the minorities.
In Andhra Pradesh, the Congress-led Government had granted 5 per cent reservation for Muslims.
“In Maharashtra, we have also demanded the same reservation, but unfortunately the issue has been referred to court.”
Madni said various organisations were struggling for their genuine rights. He said the struggle for constitutional rights was not an act of terrorism.
He said various organisations across the country had launched movements in support of their rightful demands. He condemned the attack on Maulana Waliullah, an accused in the Varanasi bomb blast. To a question, he said, “We have warned the Congress to shun saffron forces. In the past, communal elements dominated the party which lost the faith of the minorities. Now, the Congress had realised its blunder. We are watching the attitude of various political parties regarding Muslims.”
Madni exhorted the minority community members to strengthen their economic position. He said that in those States where the minorities were in a better economic position, their educational and political status was satisfactory.
Madni claimed that his organisation was not political.
There was no bar on any member of the Jamiat being a member of a secular political party. He claimed that the Jamiat was the oldest and the biggest organisation of the minority community, which took part in the freedom movement, along with the Congress. Madni is also director of the Board of education of Deoband, which runs around 2000 madarsas across the country and has the largest following among the ulema.
