By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: The All-India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat (AIMMM) today demanded the central government to constitute a high level panel of retired judges, human rights activists, lawyers and journalists to oversee the investigations into all terrorist acts.
The central committee of AIMMM, the umbrella body of Indian Muslim organizations, met here today to deliberate on milli, national and international issues. The meeting, attended by Markazi Majlis members from across the country, was held at the central office in New Delhi and was chaired by AIMMM president Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan.
The central committee passed a resolution that says security and intelligence agencies which rush to blame the community after each blast have totally forfeited the confidence of the Muslim community.
The meeting deplored the appeal of the central government against the Delhi High Court’s Special Tribunal verdict lifting the ban on SIMI and said that this is against the precedent set by previous governments.
The central committee also demanded a thorough probe into the activities of Hindutva outfits which have been caught in a number of terrorist acts in recent months. It demanded the government to institute a permanent mechanism to monitor the activities of Hindutva outfits.
The AIMMM hoped for an amicable solution to the current controversy in Jammu & Kashmir and condemned the blockade of the Valley of Kashmir and harassment of Muslims in Jammu by Amarnath Shrine agitators.
The AIMMM observed that the whole exercise of welfare schemes announced under the Prime Minister’s new 15-point programme and in the wake of the Sachar Committee report, remains mostly on paper and most of the meager amounts allocated are being returned unspent to the treasury. The problem, the resolution says, lies in the cumbersome procedures and tedious forms to be filled by applicants in record time as only a few days and weeks are allowed for filing applications which are to be supported by umpteen documents which are costly or at times impossible to obtain for residents of small towns and villages where the majority of such applicants live.