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 Murderous
attack on Muslim youths by BJP's MP in Azamgarh
PRESS STATEMENT
Joint Statement of Muslim leaders on
the murderous attack by the BJP MP in Azamgarh
New Delhi, Thursday, 13 August 2009: Coordination Committee of Indian
Muslims strongly condemns the unprovoked firing by the Azamgarh MP
Ramakant Yadav (Bharatiya Janta Party - BJP) on Muslim youths yesterday,
killing 22-year-old boy Abdur Rehman and injuring three other boys. It is
reported that firing was aimed at Ulema Council President Maulana Aamir
Rahadi Madni who escaped narrowly. CCIM believes that in a democracy
violence of any kind has no place. We see this shootout as an attempt to
vitiate the peace and communal harmony of the region. The MP involved in
violence has a record of criminal cases pending against him and he is
known as terror personified in the eastern UP region, always spitting
communal venom This incidence has further proved that he is permanent
danger to the peace and fraternity of the people of that region. People of
Azamgarh remained by and large peaceful even after in the wake of grave
provocation after Batla House "encounter" in which two Azamgarh young
students were killed.. People of Azamgarh chose only democratic measures
to deal with the injustice.
CCIM demands Govt. of India to immediately order Ramakant Yadav’s arrest
who is named in the FIR lodged in the local police station and announce an
adequate compensation to the kins of the deceased and the injured in the
shootout. We also demand Hon'ble Speaker of the Lok Sabha Mrs Meira Kumar
to expel him from the membership of the august house in order to instill
confidence in the people of the region and to remove persons of criminal
record from the temple of democracy.
CCIM is requesting an appointment with Mrs Kumar to press for the demand
of Ramakant’s expulsion from the house. We also demand UP Govt to take all
measures to maintain peace and communal harmony and to book all miscreants
without delay.
In the meantime, we appeal to the general public to maintain calm and
peace in order to thwart the conspiracy and malicious intentions of the
communal forces
Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan, President, All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat
Mujtaba Farooq, Secretary, Jamaat-e Islami Hind
Maulana Abdul Wahab Khilji, President, MIM, Asst Secretary, Milli Council
Dr Tasleem Rehmani, President, Muslim Political Council of India
Dr SQR Ilyas, Editor, Afkaar-e Milli, Exec. Member, Muslim Personal Law
Board
Ml Zeeshan Hidayati, President Safinatul Hidaya Trust
Maulana Asghar Imam Mehdi Salafi, General Secretary, Jamiat Ahle Hadis
Hind
Maulana Abdul Hameed Nomani, Secretary, Jamiat Ulama-e Hind
Feroz Khan Ghazi Adv., Sec. Gen., South Indian Minorities Lawyer
Association
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Released on behalf of Coordination Committee of Indian Muslims
DR T A Rehmnai, President MPCI, Mobile: 09350104083
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