Bhopal: Amidst the imposed Citizenship legislation, proposed NRC and nationwide outrage against the two, the ruling BJP party, Muslim politicians, party workers are quitting the party as the BJP party maintains it will not treat the Muslim community equally.
In a new development against the CAA, NRC, as many as 76 Muslim BJP workers, including office-bearers of its minority cells, from Indore, Dewas and Khargone districts of Madhya Pradesh has left the party on Thursday, Indian Express reported.
“Only we know how difficult it is for us to get our community members to vote for the BJP and we do everything to persuade them, but if the BJP keeps talking about contentious issues like these, it will become more and more difficult for us,’’ Rajik Qureshi Farshiwala, Senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya associate said.
Sources revealed, among the workers who have resigned from the party are booth-level office-bearers of different cells and active workers.
The resignation announcement was made at a press meet in Indore. Earlier, only a few days back, minority cells office-bearers party workers had quit the party over the same issue.
Addressing the meet, Farshiwala said the office-bearers had requested senior leaders to include Muslims in the purview of the new law.
“We appreciated the ruling in Babri Masjid-Ram temple case and did not oppose the triple talaq legislation, but more contentious issues like Common Civil Code appear to be in pipeline. How long will we get caught up in Hindu-Muslim issues? Will our children not get a chance to pursue higher studies?”
An office-bearer of state BJP minority cell said those who resigned “did not hold significant responsibility”.