SP govt has failed Muslims, says Mehmood Madani

The Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh has failed to fulfil promises it made to Muslims during the state polls, Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind general secretary Maulana Mehmood Madani today claimed, and announced a "massive campaign" in the state to remind the ruling party of its unfulfilled promises.
"Akhilesh Yadav government has completed four years but failed to deliver on electoral promises made to Muslims. This government is useless and incompetent. If they fail in fulfilling them in time left with them, people will teach them a lesson in the Assembly polls," Madani told newspersons here.
He said that the party had promised to put pressure on the Centre to implement Sachchar and Rangnath Misra committee recommendations on coming to power, but nothing has been done so far.

"Samajwadi Party in 2012 Assembly polls promised to exert pressure on the Central government for implementation of Sachchar and Rangnath Misra committee recommendations on coming to power and had also vowed to do what it had to do on its part for their implementation," Madani said.
The cleric also raised the issue of Muslim reservation.
"Besides, they had also promised that Muslims would be given separate reservation like Dalits on the basis of their economic, social and educational backwardness and release innocent Muslims arrested on terror charges. But nothing has been done on any of them," he said.

The Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind leader, who earlier in the day took part in the state executive committee, said a decision has been taken to start a massive campaign against the "failure", under which meetings will be held in different parts of the state to remind the Samajwadi Party of its "unfulfilled promises".

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Hailing the recent visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Pakistan, Madani said such efforts, if continued, will help the country.
"We all hope that India leads the entire world... Tiffs with neighbours are a major impediments in this and so any effort to end these tiffs should be supported by all of us," Madani told news-persons here.
"The unscheduled visit of Prime Minister Modi to meet Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is a commendable initiative in every manner... If this is continued it will only benefit the country," Madani said adding that atmosphere will improve with betterment in relations with neighbours.

To a question on the performance of the Modi government, Madni said that anything on it can be said only when prices of pulses and other essential commodities are brought under control.
"As of now, Modi government has failed on most of the fronts," he said.
On reports about some youth leaving the country to join terror outfits like IS, Madani said that it was essential to chalk out a short as well as long term plan to check this trend.
When asked to comment on Uttar Pradesh government denying permission to All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen led by Asaduddin Owaisi for holding any programme in the state, he said that he himself did not approve of the stand on some issues taken by Owaisi.

Madani, however, questioned as to why the state government has not banned some other leaders indulging in rhetorics similar to Owaisi.