By Manzar Bilal, TwoCircles.net,
Patna: After Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, Deoband and Kolkata, it is Patna where Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (Mahmood Madani faction) is going to hold conference on Muslim issues on 1st April 2010. The program will be organized at historic Gandhi Maidan in the heart of the Bihar’s capital city.
The JUH central as well as state team is busy in the preparation of the program for last three months. JUH president (Mahmood faction) Qari Usman, general secretary Maulana Hakimuddin and its leader and MP Maulana Mahmood Madani are camping in the state for a month to make the program successful. For that they have been visiting areas of different districts of the state.
According to the organizers implementation of Ranganath Mishra Commission report, the official status of Urdu language in the state on ground level, Women Reservation Bill and other burning topics related to the community and country will be on the agenda of the program.
But as Maulana Arshad Madni faction has strong root in the state, organizing group is facing hard opposition.
Qari Moeenuddin, president of Bihar unit of JUH and Hassan Ahmad Qadri, the general secretary, (Arshad Madni faction), termed the program as an effort to gain political benefit. They also alleged that rebel group is violating the rule and regulation of JUH to find their land in the state.
In a press release they blamed Maulana Mahmood Madani to exploit Muslims for his own benefit. “When Maulana Mahmood Madani was national general secretary of JUH, he had always ignored Bihar. Not to speak financial help, he was not even interested to attend big programs in the state but now he is visiting from village to village. It is only because he wants to show a crowd of Muslims so that once again he can get Rajya Sabha seat from any party” reads the statement.
“He is advertising that the program is to put pressure on government to implement Mishra Commission while he reached to Rajya Sabha by a communal party and has voted in favor of Women reservation Bill which is against Muslim interests” it further reads.
Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Ejaz Ali, Khurshid Anwar of RJD, Nihal Akhter, spokesperson of National Muslim Dalit Sena, and several other leaders also criticized Maulana Mahmood Madani for voting in the favor of Women reservation Bill.
However, some other Muslim groups are coming out in support of Mahmood Madani group. Muslim United Front and some other organizations are fully supporting it. After a long period any Muslim organization is going to hold program on Muslim issues in Gandhi Maidan. Therefore, it is expected that a big crowd will be seen on 1st April here.