*Politically United Muslims Can Make Wonders* *MOHAMED AMIN BIN ABDUL QADIR **[email protected]* <[email protected]> http://epaper.milligazette.com/mg/details.aspx?queryed=9&querypage=2&boxid=42524421&id=556&eddate=11/16/08
Jamaat- e- Islam Hind (*JIH*) move is an excellent idea. If Muslims are going to be politically united, we can achieve wonders. Many political parties will come and beg our favours. I give one solid example of Mulsim religious and political unity during the fourth Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu in 1967. In Tamil Nadu, Muslims constitute only 6% of the population. But under the leadership of Quaid- e Millat Ismail Sahib (Indian Union Muslim league), Muslims were well united. Ismail Sahib politically allied with DMK, then led by Annadurai. In the 1967 elections, DMK won with a large majority winning 137 seats (out of 234) while in the previous elections (1962) DMK had won only seven seats. After the 1967, elections a Muslim newspaper called Marumalarchi, published from Trichy, analyzed the results, constituency-wise and proved that in 58 constituencies DMK MLAs had won only by a margin of between 3000 to 10,000 votes. And these 3000 to 10,000 votes were polled en block by the Muslims of the state, hence ensuring DMK's massive victory and formation of the state government for the first time in their political history under Annadurai. Everyone knows that in 80% of the constituencies, it is just the 5-10% of the marginal votes that decide the fate of any candidate. Hence we can be the kingpins if we are united. The senior leaders of DMK of Tamil Nadu know the punching power of Tamil Muslims, particularly now after the emergence of TMMK, a Muslim-based political party, and this influenced Karunanidhi to announce 3.5% reservations for Mulsims in Tamil Nadu in 2008) which is a big development after 61 years of independence while on an all India level, Muslims have failed to achieve even this small concession (pardon me, our VP Ansari may shun this). Do Muslims represent 3.5% of the armed forces of India or 0.25%? In fact, what stops the Indian Defence Ministry in raising the Indian Muslim recruits to 10%? Sheer prejudice and mistrust. Knowledgeable people, please come forward and shed some light on this, based on the safely hidden Sachar Committee findings. If 6% Muslims in Tamil Nadu can ensure a regional political party win about 40% of the assembly seats in the state and form the government, imagine what will be the outcome in the length and breadth of India if Muslims are united on an all India basis, particularly in states like UP, Kerala, Assam, Karnataka etc. etc. I am 100% positive, we hold the trump card if we get united and vote en bloc. We find Muslims in all the 150 big and small political parties of India. Even those who have strong religious fervor strictly toe the party line and are unable to do anything fruitfully positive to their community that made them what they are today. Political depolarization in India for the past 60 years has worked to the horrendous disadvantage of Indian Muslims. Hence time has come as the JIH feels that Muslim polarization is a political necessity in order to effectively compete, as our VP. Ansari says, for equity with other communities. We hope, good leaders who are in other political parties bid goodbye to their present political affiliations and get behind the JIH idea of Islamic political unity. This is the best way forward to develop the community and move forward in all field --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Nor can Goodness and Evil be equal. Repel (evil) with what is better; then the enmity between him and you will become as if it were your friend and intimate! Visit: sultan.org Subscribe: [email protected] Post to group: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
