Rajat Sharma, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of India TV.
After the third phase of voting on Tuesday, the fight for half the Lok Sabha seats is now left. The fight for the remaining half seats has intensified. After Uttar Pradesh, there was talk of vote jihad in Maharashtra also. Muslim Personal Law Board and Kul Jamaati organization gave a call to defeat Modi in Maharashtra before voting. It was clearly announced that Muslims should not look at the party, should not look at the candidate, should vote for that candidate who is in a position to defeat the BJP candidates. On behalf of Muslim Personal Law Board, Muslims were told the names of seats and candidates and asked whom to vote for and whom to defeat? Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that now the people of the country have to decide whether vote jihad or Ramrajya will happen. Modi said that he is demanding four hundred seats so that he can prevent the plans of Congress and its cronies from being fulfilled. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has revealed that calls are being given from mosques in the state asking all Muslim voters to vote unitedly to defeat Modi and BJP. Fadnavis said that calls are being given from mosques in Maharashtra, Muslims are being told in the gatherings that they have only one target – to defeat BJP, there is only one target – to remove Modi.
Fadnavis said that the Election Commission should look into the way efforts are being made to influence voters in the name of religion before the elections. When Devendra Fadnavis revealed in an exclusive conversation with India that calls are being given from mosques to defeat BJP and appeals are being made for the victory of Mahavikas Aghadi candidates, India TV correspondents investigated this claim. And Devendra Fadnavis’ words turned out to be absolutely correct. This is happening in Maharashtra. We found a video of a rally in Pune in which Muslims were appealed to unite against BJP. It was organized by Kul Jamaati Tanzeem. People were invited from all over Maharashtra, the theme of the gathering was – our responsibilities in the current situation. People from all Muslim organizations participated in it and the biggest responsibility of the Muslims was to prevent the formation of BJP government at the Center under any circumstances and to stop Narendra Modi from becoming the Prime Minister for the third time at any cost. The interesting thing is that the speakers said this in clear words in front of a crowd of hundreds of people.
Muslim Personal Law Board spokesperson Sajjad Nomani said that whatever he could explain, he explained, whatever he could say, he said, now he cannot say anything more than that the Constitution of the country should be changed, reservation should be ended, Muslims should be given more rights. Be alert before you face difficulties, this is your last chance. So now leave the candidate and the party, unite and vote only for the one who can stop BJP. Our target is not even who is a Muslim candidate, who is a non-Muslim candidate? We have to see which candidate can replace the present government of Delhi and bring some good government there, this is our request, I hope I have conveyed my message to you in clear words, may it reach your heart too. . Maulana Sajjad Nomani concluded his speech. He told who has to be defeated?
After this, Kul Jamaati Tanzeem member Usman Hiroli told the names of the candidates who have to win, whom the Jamaat has decided to support in Maharashtra. Now since Syed Sajjad Nomani is a great Islamic scholar. He is the spokesperson of All India Personal Law Board, so he knew that if he took the names of the candidates out of his own tongue then it could become a big issue. This is the reason why the names of these candidates were said from the mouth of the people associated with the Kul Jamaati Tanzeem, who had called Sajjad Nomani here. Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi is saying that during elections, people of every religion and every society appeal to vote for their favorite party or candidate, what is wrong in this? Earlier, during elections, Imams of mosques used to issue fatwas, Maulanas and Muslim Jamaat leaders used to issue appeals to their supporters before voting, but it seems for the first time that Muslim organizations are talking about vote jihad by organizing rallies. Be.
Among the four seats on which Mahavikas Aghadi candidates were appealed to win, Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule is the candidate from Baramati. Voting took place in Baramati only on Tuesday. Ravindra Dhangekar of Congress is contesting from the remaining Pune seat. Sanjay Waghore of Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena is contesting on Maval seat, while Amol Kolhe of NCP Sharad Pawar faction is contesting on Shirur seat. Polling is to be held on these three seats on May 13. Muslim organizations have revealed their plans before voting. An appeal has been made to Muslims to unite and do tactical voting. Earlier, in Farrukhabad, the niece of Congress leader Salman Khurshid had appealed to the Muslims for vote jihad, calling the Muslims supporting BJP as traitors of the community. Such messages have an impact on Muslims across the country. That is why Prime Minister Narendra Modi immediately responded and said in rallies that now the public has to decide whether they want vote jihad or Ramrajya. Those who ask why Modi talks about vote jihad, they might have got the answer today.
Actually, Muslims are asked to vote outright against BJP in every election. This time too an appeal was made to vote to remove Modi. Till now this work was done silently, but today everyone saw that famous Muslim leaders like Maulana Sajjad Nomani are openly saying in clear words that Muslims have to vote for every candidate who can defeat Modi. Maulana Sajjad Nomani is not an ordinary personality. His words have a great impact on Muslims. He is highly respected and when he says that we have to vote to stop BJP, there is no scope for doubt. But this does not make much difference to Modi, rather Modi got the opportunity once again to tell people what vote jihad is.
Secondly, Modi says that Congress and its allies want to give reservation to Muslims by curtailing the rights of Dalits, Congress denies this, but today this has also been proved. Today it has also come out openly that there is an intention to give reservation to Muslims. When reporters asked RJD President Lalu Prasad Yadav that BJP is alleging that if Congress and its allies come to power, they will give reservation for backward classes and Dalits to Muslims, he said that Muslims should get reservation, that too. Complete. Later, when there was an uproar over this statement, Lalu Yadav clarified in the evening that he did not talk about giving reservation to Muslims on the basis of religion, the basis of reservation is social, not religious. After this, Sonia Gandhi’s statement came for the first time in this election. Sonia Gandhi released a recorded statement in which she said that atrocities on Dalits, backward classes and minorities have increased under Narendra Modi’s rule, and BJP’s policies have created an outcry in the entire country. There is a threat to the Constitution, hence Congress government is necessary in the country.
Modi says in every public meeting that he lives for the poor, he says that as long as he is alive, he will not let the reservation of Dalits, backward classes and tribals be affected, but on the other hand, Rahul Gandhi also says this every day that Modi will end reservation. Today Sonia Gandhi also said this. Now it is a game of ‘Meri Baat Teri Baat’. Modi says secondly that Congress and its allies are doing politics of Muslim appeasement, they want to give away the rights of Dalits to Muslims. Congress people also repeatedly say that they have no plans but when Lalu Yadav said that he wants to give full reservation to Muslims, then Modi got the full opportunity. (Rajat Sharma)
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