By India Tomorrow News,
New Delhi, 10 Dec 2013: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, India’s largest Muslim organization, has linked the failure of Congress and other secular parties to their non-performance and taking minorities for granted. It has, however, welcomed the emergence and success of Aam Aadmi Party.
Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari, Ameer (National President) of JIH, in a media statement on 09 Dec said Congress and other secular parties have miserably failed in the recent assembly elections because they did not fulfil the promises they made in their manifestos; they kept themselves aloof from the masses; and they took minorities for granted.
JIH chief said the huge success of Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies does not mean that masses have accepted their policies and program. They got success because the people were angry with the Congress and looking for an alternative. He said the emergence and success of Aam Aadmi Party has sent a good message to the country.
“The emergence and success of Aam Aadmi Party has sent a good message to the country. It shows that if a new party comes close to common people, shows genuine sympathy with them and promises to resolve their basic major issues like corruption and crime, then people can support such a party wholeheartedly. Political parties should take a lesson from it,” JIH chief Maulana Umari said. AAP has got huge unexpected success in Delhi.
The results for the assembly elections held in five states were announced on 08 Dec. BJP dethroned Congress in Rajasthan and ended just short of majority in Delhi. It retained its power in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
Maulana Umari asked BJP to respect constitution and protect the rights of minorities and other weaker sections of the country.
“We hope BJP, rather than pursuing its agenda, would respect the Constitution of the country in letter and spirit and protect the rights of minorities and weaker sections enshrined in the Constitution. This will be in the interest of the country and the party itself,” he said.
He asked Congress and other secular parties to introspect themselves, address their failures, come out to solve the issues of the masses and change their attitude towards minorities.
