Ghulam Nabi Azad accuses BJP of using Uniform Civil Code to distract attention from real issues
Patna,(BiharTimes): Accusing the BJP and RSS of diverting people’s attention from real issues like price rise, unemployment and poverty the leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to interfere in the matter of triple talaq and concentrate only on those issues for which he had been mandated by the people.
Addressing a joint convention of Dalits and Muslims (Dalit and Alpsankhayak Mahasammelan) at Shri Krishna Memorial hall in the state capital on Monday he said triple talaq is a matter of Muslims, leave it to them.
Holding the BJP and the RSS responsible for creating a divide in the society on the issue of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) he said they want to make members of Muslim community fight with each other on the issue of triple talaq.
In the same way they want Hindus and Muslims to fight with each other on the matter of Uniform Civil Code.
The Congress leader charged that the Sangh Parivar has virtually taken control over majority of TV channels, which are organizing debates only on issues like triple talaq and Uniform Civil Code. These debates are being held not as a part of ‘hamdardi’ (sympathy) towards Muslim community, but their well-thought 'scheme' to polarize the country on communal lines.
Azad called on Muslims and Dalits to be alert of such nefarious designs and strengthen the hands of the Congress.
BPCC president Ashok Choudhary, who is also the state’s education minister, highlighted the works done by the Congress for the development and progress of the communities.
All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) general secretary Maulana Mohammad Wali Rahmani asked the Congress functionaries, especially those who had arrived from New Delhi, to avoid ‘touch and leave’ policy on the issue of triple talaq and take a 'strong stand' in favour of religious law of Muslims. If not, the Congress would not be able to revive in the coming years.
