Patna,(BiharTimes): On the birth anniversary of late freedom figher and former minister, Abdul Qayoom Ansari, the All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz gave a call to defeat communal forces led by BJP leader Narendra Modi. At the same time it was reminded of the secular importance of chief minister Nitish Kumar in the fight against divisive forces, who are out to destabilize the country.
Speaking at the Pasmanda Jagao, Desh Bachao Sammelan at Haj Bhavan, on Monday its president and JD(U) MP Ali Anwar Ansari said this fight could not be won with the support of only Muslim society. People of different communities having faith in secularism should be involved in it.
Departing from the annual ritual of attacking RJD chief Lalu Yadav for “betraying” the Pasmanda Muslims Ali Anwar said Nitish has taken on the divisive forces in the larger interest of the unity and integrity of the country.
He said politics in the name of religion is detrimental to the larger interest of the country. In this regard he cited the example of Pakistan, which got dismembered in 1971.
The JD(U) MP also said that India’s integrity would be endangered if politics of religious fanaticism is played by the saffron party.
On this occasion rich tributes were also paid to late Havildar Abdul Hamid, who won Param Vir Chakra during the 1965 war with Pakistan.
Ali Anwar said the sacrifices made by the two personalities were more relevant in the prevailing political situation in the country.
However, unlike in the past this time there was a sense of uncertainty among Pasmanda Muslims. They are concerned over the fast polarization of the society for which both Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) and BJP are responsible.
A social analyst asked when Dr Ejaz Ali, once a close ally of Ali Anwar and former Janata Dal (United) MP asked Nitish Kumar in 2009 to break his relationship with BJP he was thrown out of party and denied ticket for the next term. Dr Ali, who is the leader of erstwhile, Backward Muslim Morcha, then even invited the former external affairs minister Jaswant Singh, who wrote a book on Jinnah. Singh was also expelled from the BJP, but later on taken back into the party fold.
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