By TCN News,
New Delhi: Fifteen Muslims representing prominent Muslim NGOs met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this evening and loudly expressed their anger with the central government in not strongly tackling the errant UP Government in respect of the Muzaffarnagar situation.
They said in no uncertain terms that both the UP Government and the central government have miserably failed in preempting and dealing with the anti-Muslim violence in Muzaffarnagar that’s a result of saffron designs at pre-election polarization. In the meeting initiated by Milli Gazette editor Zafrul Islam Khan, Jamiatul Ulema Hind’s Mahmood Madani said that in the electoral fight between NDA and UPA, Muslims are the loaf.
Muslim delegation to PM over Muzaffarnagar riot (Courtesy: Milli Gazette).
Zakat Foundation of India’s president Syed Zafar Mahmood emphasized that the current UP situation is squarely covered by Articles 355, 356 and 365 of the Constitution and the central government must take charge and should also provide military protection to the victim families in re-occupying their houses and places of worship.
He added that despite Sachar Committee’s and Mishra Commission’s recommendations to ensure adequate Muslim presence in the Police, the central home ministry limited in 2011 the recruitment of 1400 additional IPS officers only to the captains & majors in the armed forces where Muslims are less than one percent.
Thus, the Muslim percentage in the police bureaucracy will go further down. The Central government also does not even talk about the vital Sachar recommendation regarding removing the anomaly of reserving Muslim dominated constituencies for SCs even though there is negligible SC presence there. Niaz Farooqi piloted the passing of Communal Violence Bill.
Zafrul Islam Khan steered the delegation’s memorandum that asked for the following:
a. Proper relief of ration and other necessary needs of life to those living in Muzaffarnagar camps as well as with relatives.
b. Urgent documentation and preparation of lists with all details of names, losses and people responsible for the carnage as per the victims.
c. Filing of FIRs at the earliest so that the legal process could start to punish the guilty.
d. Compensation of all losses suffered by the victims in terms of life, loss of cattle, houses looted and burnt and crops destroyed/looted etc.
e. Construction/repair of burnt/demolished/damaged houses, mosques, madrasahs etc.
f. Construction of houses at other locations for those who do not wish to return to their villages (we found that no one is willing at least now to return to his/her village).
The Prime Minister expressed his deep sympathy with the Muslims, talked of the upcoming national integration council meeting and promised to do the central govt’s best effort to resolve the Muzaffarnagar situation and not letting the communal fire flare up anywhere else. The Amir of Jamaat-e Islami Hind Jalaluddin Umri and Dr Tasleem Rahmani of Welfare Party supported the presentations made at the meeting. Other delegates included Kamal Faruqi, Abdul Wahab Khilji, Ataur Rahman Qasmi, Navaid Hamid, Abdul Khaliq, Mohammad Ahmad.