By A Mirsab, TwoCircles.net,
Aurangabad: Displaying unity for the restoration of five percent reservation and non interference of government in personal Laws, thousands of Muslims today protested across thirty districts of Maharashtra.
The planned rallies were organized by Jamiat Ulama-e-Maharashtra which was supported by all the Muslim organizations irrespective of sects and thereby made rallies in 30 districts a success. Memorandums were submitted to collector offices in districts and to Tahsils in respective towns. Many Maratha people also joined the rallies exhibiting their support for demands of Muslims.
As many as 35,000 gathered in a rally at Khuldabad whereas 20,000 people flocked streets in Aurangabad. There are reports that at least 10,000 people joined protest in district and town.
While speaking with TwoCircles.net, Hafiz Nadeem Siddique, President, Jamiat Ulama-e-Maharashtra said, “Our demands are very legitimate. We want government to restore 5% reservation which was granted by Bombay High Court and we also want government not to intervene in Muslims’ personal laws, leave apart of implementing uniform civil code”.
“Today we have displayed peaceful protest in 30 districts out of 36 in Maharashtra. One more is planned for October 20 in Azad Maidan of Mumbai and we expect thousands to gather there too”, he added.
Jamiat has secured permission from DCP, Mumbai zone I for organizing a rally on Thursday and is reaching out to people for joining the protest in big number. It has also planned a state level rally scheduled to be organized at Nagpur in December.
Boosted with today’s successful allies, Siddique talked about upcoming rallies and said, “After making Mumbai rally a success we shall work for Nagpur rally that we will organize in December. We have already started awareness programs at local level so that people get united for the common cause forgetting their differences.”
