Disappointed with both the major political parties in the state due to their indifference towards the Muslim community and issues relating to their welfare, a leading organization of the community, Jamiat Ulema-e-Rajasthan is going to launch a state-wide drive from 13 March to “wake up” the community.
The drive – Insaaf Conference – will be led by national leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind and MP Maulana Sayyed Mehmood Madni along with other national and state leaders from Jodhpur and will be held at all the seven divisional headquarters at an interval of three months.
General secretary of Jamiat Ulema-e-Rajasthan’s state unit, Mohd Abdul Wahid Khatri said Muslims of the state are feeling cheated by successive governments which have miserably failed to address their issues. “Even the Congress government, which vouches for the support of Muslims, has not done anything significant in its three years of rule and has hardly cared to extend them the benefits of various schemes aimed for minority communities,” Khatri claimed.
Referring to the past 10 years’ record of the Minority Financial Program, Khatri said since its inception, the program has released a meager fund of about Rs 16.18 lakh has been distributed among 70 lakh Muslims of the state. “Even the madarsa development program has also been badly hit with no adequate staff and fund, despite installation of 1,000 computers to the registered madarsas of the state during the BJP government”, Khatri complained.
Referring to the spurt in the anti-Muslim activities and crimes against them citing the Gopalgarh firing episode, he said the apparent pro-Muslim face of the government is mere eye-wash and is testimony to its double standards. “Except emphasis on Haj house, this government is not doing anything, but we do not want anything but for development and progress,” he said.
Khatri said it is unfortunate that the Muslim community is compelled to choose between BJP and Congress in the state in every election in the absence of any other choice and since the policies of BJP, which is dubbed as “communal” party, is “anti-Muslim”, the Muslims are left with no choice except Congress in the state, which is comparatively “less communal”.
“But even this party has made us believe that our social, educational, economical, religious and political upliftment are none of its concern either,” Khatri claimed.