Waquar Hasan, IndiaTomorrow.net,
New Delhi, Feb 28: Prominent Human Rights activists Swami Agnivesh and Teesta Setalvad along with former chief justice of India A.M. Ahmadi and former additional advocate general of Uttar Pradesh Zafaryab Jilani came on a platform calling minorities and backward classes of the country to get united for justice and peace. They were addressing a national convention on ‘Peace and Justice and Our Responsibility’ organized by All India Milli Council in Delhi on Sunday.
Calling minorities and dalits to form an alliance to fight the present atmosphere, Setalvad said, “We should try to understand what is happening in the country. And what is being tried to do. We must understand as to how we should reply that. We should jointly reply. It is very easy with little trouble. We should come out from our own ghetto and circles and form an alliance like we ally at election time.”
Lashing out at the divisive politics, Swami Agnivesh, chairman of Bonded Labor Liberation Front (Bandhua Mukti Morcha) said, “The entire world and all people are one. The entire humanity is one family. We will not let their unholy effort to divide us into region and religion. We all believe in one God.”
Emphasizing the rule of law with justice, Justice Ahmadi said, “Everyone needs justice at a time. The justice with rule of law. If rule of law does not exist, the justice will get weakened. Rule of law is pillar of justice.”
Urging Muslims to establish a good relationship with the people of the country Jilani, who is also convener of Babri Masjid Action Committee, said, “I will only tell that we should take our responsibility. And we should establish a healthy relationship with people of the country. Islam teaches it. It is our religious responsibility to establish good relationship with people of the country, to serve them, to teach them the lesson of humanity and to treat them with humanity.”
Besides these dignitaries, Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, secretary of All India Muslim Personal Law Board, Dr Manzoor Alam, General Secretary, All India Milli Council, Dr Syed Zafar Mahmood, president of Zakat Foundation of India, Qasim Rasool Ilyas, president of Welfare Party of India and several other dalit, Hindu and Sikh leaders also spoke at the conference.
