Women Reservation Bill is anti minority bill – AIUDF
Submitted by admin on 8 March 2010 - 9:37am
By TCN News
New Delhi: All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) came out against the proposed Women Reservation bill saying it "is completely against" it in its present form.
Calling it an ‘anti minorities bill’ AIUDF said that this will surly reduce the already negligible minority representation to both lower and upper houses of parliament if it doesn't have representation quota for minority and Dalit women. "AIUDF considers this bill in its present form a mockery with all minorities, Dalit and against the interest of Indian nationhood, and will strongly oppose it in both parliament and streets," said the statement.
Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, AIUDF president and the lone Lok Sabha member from the party who is also president of Assam state Jamiat Ulama-e Hind and a member of Shura (Executive Body) of famous Darul Uloom Deoband said that the women reservation bill in its existing form is simply unacceptable for the minorities especially Muslims. “The bill is actually an anti minority bill in guise of empowerment of women”, he said. It would be a historic blunder repeated once again by this nation if the bill went through to become a law, Maulana Ajmal argued.
It is notable that following India’s independence from colonial clutches and unfortunate partition a historic bill was passed in the constituent parliament of India. It was just after 12 days, on 28th August 1947, a bill was passed to ensure political reservation for scheduled castes (SCs) and the Muslims. During a debate on 'Report on Minority Rights', SCs and Muslims were classified as 'minorities' and the Constituent Assembly passed the bill guaranteeing proportionate reservation for them in the legislative houses.
The next day, some members smartly made an amendment to the bill stating that the SCs were part of the Hindu community and not minority. Maulana Syed Fazlul Hasan Hasrat Mohani (1875–1951), the eminent freedom fighter and a member of constituent assembly which drafted the Indian constitution, objected to the use of word 'minority' for 'Muslims' alone. He said "I refuse to accept Muslims to be a minority. Are we not calling a minority to refer only to Muslims”? Maulana was not allowed to speak further on the subject as the bill was already discussed and passed by the parliament. But unlike other members, he never signed the bill since he saw ‘hypocrisy’ towards Muslim ‘minority’ in it
Two years later, the ‘Muslim’ word removed from the list of reservation beneficiaries. While the SCs, who were technically members of the majority 'Hindu community', are reaping the benefits of reservation till date and the Muslims are forced to live with just the tag of being a 'minority'. The same hypocrisy and political mockery is on play once again by the Brahmical political class of this nation once again.
If religion based reservation is unacceptable for the majority when it comes to political empowerment of minorities then how a gender based casa become rational? AIUDF demands reservation be offered to the weaker sections of the society to genuinely empower them and Muslims are the weakest community by all arguments and statistics therefore reservation bill for Muslim empowerment must follow first. Second, women reservation bill must ensure political representation of women from weaker classes – Muslim, Dalit and other minorities.
If reservation can not go over 50 per cent of total as in the case of 5 per cent Muslim reservation in Andra Pradesh then how 33 per cent more can be ensured in India where it is already around 44-49 in almost all states? Majority of assembly and parliamentary constituencies where a Muslim could easily win from any party if they were general are presently under ST or SC reserved categories. Take the case of Karimganj in Assam where around 60 per cent voters are Muslim with only 20 per cent STs and SCs is a reserved seat since independent. Who knows the remaining Muslim majority voters seats will not be reserved for women only – making way for strong Hindu woman to defeat her weak counter part in the election while enjoying ‘women empowerment’.
AIUDF asked social and political individuals and groups to democratically oppose the present move of UPA government in the national interest.
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Women's Reservations
The idea of 33% reservation for women is good, but a lot more work needs to be done on how exactly it should be implemented. Rotation of reserved seats every election cycle from constituency to constituency will be disruptive to the whole political process. Moreover further empowering the section of society which is already empowered is not progress but a backward step. There should be a way to ensure that many of these new reserved seats will go to women from backward and minority communities.
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They have been misled. They may have their reservation too within this by parallel plan. It is like quota system in Central Government recruitment. Communal roaster and PSPD runs simultaneously.
No wonder they oppose
No wonder Male chauvnists who forever strive for subjugation of women, hate to be ruled under woman's leadership will oppose this reservation. For them, Woman is confined to home, making dishes and serving coffee to males who come home after their escapades with 3 other women.
Indian women needs this for a long time. Women leaders are far less corrupt and more motivated to solve problems. It will also lessen Goons from political parties to contest. No wonder SP and RJD are opposing tooth and nail, for all their leaders are murderers and extortionists.
To Giri
Before commenting one should think twice.
Which religion practiced Sati?
Who had Dev Dasi's to fulfill their Lust? Which religion has given permission for Dev Dasi's?
People speak about 4 wifes also should know which religios leader or a father of so said GOD had 100 wifes.
Now who escapades with 99 and comes to the 100th for a tea or some wine??
Who were those who made a lady NUDE in a court of GODS??
What does Ajanta and Ellora describe.
Can Giri imagine his Mother, sister, daughter or wife to be a Dev Dasi or a nude idol at Ajanta and Ellora.
To Anonypuss
We have since moved on from our 5000 year old and continuously refining at every stage and we are proud to have great reformers who contantly guided us in right direction and showed us what is correct.
On the other hand you are still living and going backwards to medival dark ages with your Ummah's Talibanistic mentality.
Are you proud of this too !!!
You maybe PROUD of your civilization, religion, and culture. But those who represent your PROUD religion (Godmen) are doing QUITE THE OPPOSITE. Read this:
http://www.hindu.com/2010/03/03/stories/2010030363050300.htm
Innocent followers are BLINDLY following Godmen, while the "Godmen and Politician" concoction combined have highjacked your religion, and tainting it.
What do you have to say about above web-linked article, about "so-called" Godman ???
An Indian
To Giri
Good to hear that from yoy that atleast some are trying to refine.
But some need not refined because they are born into a refined society.
Now, you target talibanisationa and i have lots to say about sangh parivarism or say fascism or communalism. We stay in India and have seen by our own eyes what is sangh parivar doing to the country with their bramhanical ideology. Now speaking about Taliban i can just say that Taliban for me was introduced by the bias media to which i can never belief which is not in case of the sangh because being born and brought up in India i know what has sangh [parivar done to Muslims, Christians and Dalits.
But where will we end up?? So i suggest you to cleanse your mind from the sangh mentality and be a good citizen of our country.
Lo and behold....
The discussion on CNN IBN among the anchor, Mr Adeeb MP and Javed Akhtar went like this. The MP informed that his mother contested from Lakhnao in 1936 in burqa against a ML candidate. Will India accept similar candidate? To this J Akhtar, instead of questioning why not if she is lady of substance, countered it by bringing in triple-talaaq and making a banner out of the aanchal. I once watched Maolana Abdul Kareem Parekh talking about the false usage of triple-talaaq but if Mr Akhtar is talked about, he shall dismiss the maolana castigating him for being popular. The debate was flawed because by his own convictions, Javed Akhtar is not a Muslim, why then the channel brought him on against an MP who started by claiming that more than 120 constituencies in India are reserved for SC/STs and that these are one where Muslim are in good numbers to affect the outcome. The congress and BJP are trying to make a law and when it comes to amending it, the sacrosancy of the Statue is invoked. The perpetual discriminatin against Muslim makes one realise that a rabid nationalost and secularist like MA Jinah realised that when it comes to counting on religion, your disdain for supposedly practice of religion is used to deny this. May be he was partially successful. Imagine, with 'secular' ideals in operation and reservation for SC/ST and women, you do not have choice of your candidate and effectively disenfranchised. The reservation to Muslims is made through such a weak system that the things are mere words. Many noises are made, and at that on TCN as well, that Muslims are being helped to clear constable exam. Fact is there are many who are at other level, organising for IPS. Your chances of being a constable and under perpetual subjugation are 100% if the "white Thread" feels that an IPS is better than a constable and leave a vacancy or two per thousand for you.
How India expect Javed Akhtar to be accepted by Muslims of India as their intellectual representative when he publicly says 'what you do to your women is well known to me'. Will any cooler than cucumber mind accept this blatant red herring on the debate. Had he asked about removal of reservation for SC/STs to have even playing field, many could have appreciated.
PS: These so called liberals who are posted as Muslim intellectual have no following in Muslim community because instead of asking for something, they ask looking inward what you did yourself. Times Now's Arnab repeated that 'when there is a will there is a way' on Shahid Siddiqi's query about Muslim majority areas designated as reserved for castes. So, if there is a will, there is a way for the women also to have their say in parliament and assemblies. I would say, despite the turmoil in Pakistan and Bangladesh, atleast 50% of Muslim cant complain of discrimination for being Muslim while India keeps on cashing the 'secular' cheque day in and day out. Not surprising, only Muslims are not complaining. India is deaf and a stick is the need of the hour. Anobody listening? All are deaf Mr Naqqaad!!! Another step towards dogs.
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threr should be quota within quota for muslim women.otherwise it will not be effective for muslim women
Why? Aren't Muslim women women enough to contest as women
MUSLIM WOMEN can contest in any of the 33% seats reserved for women- Aren't they women enough to do it?? So why this demand for separate reservation for Muslim women??? Does Muslim men have reservation? Indian Muslims demanded "religious reservation" before 1947, got it and then divided India to get their own country-Pakiatan. Why should the MUSLIMS who opted to stay back in "secular India" NOW start asking for RELIGIOUS reservation. All Indian Muslims who want reservation can even now emigrate to Pakistan. Pakistan and Bangladesh give 100% reservation to MUSLIMS and all of them were Indian muslims till 1947.
Why aren't Women strong enough to contest any seat out o500 plus
My subject line replies your question. And the same question repeating around over time. Why there is a need for reservation to Women at all. It comes out to empower them! Well, if empowerment of women has been the objective of reservation then any lay person would argue that it should be for those only who needs empowerment. At least it should begin from where it is needed much. Isn't it?
MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL
MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL SAHEB IS RIGHT AND WE SUPPORT HIS VIEWS.OTHER MUSLIM MPS FROM ALL POLITICAL PARTIES SHOULD LEARN FROM MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL SAHEB .WE ARE PROUD OF OUR LEADER MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL SAHEB AND PRAY TO ALLAH FOR HIS LONG LIFE.
The Bill is not anti minority!'
If many Muslim men could not be elected in certain constituencies,it is due to the demographic size of the community.,On the other hand, Muslim women could easily get elected by women who outnumber men voters!The question is empowerment of "women" who had been neglected for centuries!Opposing the bill means we are against the empowerment of our womenfolk! That is not prope.
Cowards need not be blind..
Anonymous,
It is not the demography in more than 120 constituency but mobocracy at work. Karimganj and Malegaon are two examples where despite being more than 50% of the populations, the seats are reserved for SCs.
What "democracy" means?
Abraham Lincon has aptly remarked that Democracy" is government by the people , for the people and of the people."In a multi racial, religious and regional polity like ours "people" has to be interpreted as "peoples": majority, minority communities and backward and deprived castes.One cannot go on splitting the hair too far and demand quotas for each category!
Further, the issue before us is passing the "Women's Reservation of seats for women in Parliament and assemblies"@ 33%!'Why of it? For along time women in India had been kept under the domination of males and due consideration for their political empowerment was not thought of!So a humble beginning is being made.The lamentable fact is such a bill was introduced in 1996!So for the last sixteen years the menfolk of certain parties have stalled it for 14 years.Even after that "14 -year vanvas" the males are not relenting!It is a pity!
As regards the Muslims demand reservation on the basis of "minority".They are NOT a minority in every constituency! In some they have the largest majority. There their women could win with their hands down.To add to it, to keep up the face,political parties reserve cetain seats for minorities,
Let the beginning be made!
Splitting the hair is your habit
The contention that Muslims are not minority in all constituency is more of hair splitting that the demand by Muslims. Your argument is for obvious denial of facts. By similar logic, many constituency with sizeable muslim votes should not be reserved for castes. What is your take?
The majority of hands down win too is not allowed..
The sad story is about the reservation of Muslim majority constituency being purposefull reserved for SCs/STs which cannot be Muslims. Further, there is no mechanism that these very would be reserved for Muslim women. If the women constituency too is for OBC etc to mollyfy any future non-muslim votebank, then Muslims, men or women are at loss 100%. The cases in Gujarat show how sensitive India is if the women are Muslims. I certainly am not able to forget Khwajah Yunus' old mother whose young son on vacation was bounced off without conpensation through the alacrity of Maharastra government. Why only religion is not allowed and other reservations are..... there are obvious reasons.....one need not be purposefully blind.
What "democracy" means in India ?
From what I learned / gathered from 62 years of Indian Independence - Democracy means DEMO-CRAZY.
An Indian
Look for TRUE DEMO-CRACY
Democracy is all about "WILL OF THE MAJORITY". In the LOK SABHA, of the 545 MPs if 273MPs support increase of INCOME TAX to 40% it will become a law, although it just has one vote majority. Minority will get an opportunity to express their view but the MINORITY can NOT hold the "majority to ransom" the way a few MPs did in RAJYA SABHA. Democracy does NOT mean the "minority" can do any hooliganism. Democracy may not be perfect but it is better than all other forms of GOVT. Just look left and right- Pakistan and Bangladesh is an apt example of pit falls of dictatorship. If dictatorship in ISLAMIC STATE was better form of govt Pakistan should have been a super power. In the "pure Islamic Kingdom " of SAUDI ARABIA, MUSLIM women are NOT even allowed to drive cars and MINORITIES (HINDUS & CHRISTIANS)are NOT allowed to worship to their GODS. But if you are so unhappy in India why don't you go else where??? Who is stopping YOU??? MUSLIMS who are democracy loving and secular minded opted to stay back in India and any MUSLIM who is unhappy in India must go and enjoy in the perfect democracy where ever they find it.
If truth does not trumph, India is dismembered for...
It is not only Karimganj but Malegaon and many more......
If gendre or caste can be a factor for reservation, why not religion because religion has been used to deny level playing field. If the clause of only non-Muslims could be SC/ST is removed, the demand would cease to be true but the caste celebration continues. I am watching CNN IBN and Javed Akhtar and Mr M Adeed, an independent MP... watch on
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