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ALL INDIA MUSLIM MAJLIS-e-MUSHAWARAT

Loss of Censure Motion Expected but Deplorable

TDP & TC should pressurize the Union Government to Impose President’s Rule

Secular and Democratic Forces must carry on Campaign for Modi’s Removal as the Condition Precedent for Normalcy

New Delhi, 1 May, 2002: Shri Syed Shahabuddin, President of the All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM), has issued the following Statement:

"The All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat deplores the loss of the censure motion on Gujarat in the Lok Sabha but notes the fact that most of the parties - members of the National Democratic Alliance - categorically condemned the genocide in Gujarat and held the Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his administration responsible for the brutality and the suffering, for the loss of life, honour and property of the target community. But though the censure motion could not have led to the fall of the Union Government, yet because the BJP had made it a prestige issue, NDA partners did not vote for it.

The AIMMM is unable, however, to comprehend the immoral and illogical behaviour of the TDP and the TC which are not represented in the Government and yet failed to stand up and be counted in the hour of reckoning. Whatever their motivation, the AIMMM urges them to exert pressure within the Alliance for the imposition of the President’s Rule, the removal of the Governor (who is also a Pracharak like Modi) and for their replacement by a team which would restore the confidence of the target community, give due priority to implementation of the relief and rehabilitation package and the prosecution of the identified culprits.

However, the AIMMM takes this opportunity to felicitate Shri Ram Vilas Paswan and Janab Omar Abdullah for resigning from the Union Council of Ministers on the eve of the vote.

The AIMMM reiterates its view that under Modi, fear and suspicion will continue to persist in Gujarat and there shall be no progress in rehabilitation. There shall be no return to normal life unless there is a change of guard. The AIMMM, therefore, calls upon the democratic and secular forces to launch a united and countrywide campaign against the Modi Government."

Sd/- Syed Shahabuddin
ALL INDIA MUSLIM MAJLIS-e-MUSHAWARAT
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