All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPL), an apex body of Muslims in India, has announced to launch a nationwide campaign opposing the Centre’s attempts to impose a particular culture and religion on all Indians, especially on minorities and marginalised sections.
In a media interaction on Saturday, board’s national general secretary Maulana Sajjad Naumani said that a national campaign ‘Save Faith Save Constitution’ would be launched across the country against the Centre. “As part of the campaign, public meetings, symposiums and awareness programmes will be organised,” he informed. He said that all the minority communities include Sikhs, Jains, Budhists and Christians besides Dalits and Adivasis have extended their support to the campaign.
Explaining further about the campaign, he said that the Constitution of India allows every citizen to follow a religion and culture of his/her choice and a particular religion or culture cannot be imposed on all.
Naumani said that the people of India want the government to address physical issues rather than introducing Surya Namaskar, Vande Mataram, Yoga and others. He said that Muslim youth across the country are disturbed a lot because of Union government’s repeated attempts to provoke the Minorities at every level and promoting a particular culture.
The board’s general secretary said, “India is a country where people of various religions have been coexisting for centuries and this social and secular fabric of the country cannot be disturbed, which is guaranteed by the Constitution.”
Naumani said that India can be prospered only when ‘sab ka saath, sab ka vikas’ is truly implemented and religious freedom of the people is upheld.
He sought to know that whether Muslim and other communities did not play a key role in the freedom struggle. Replying to a query, Naumani said that a representation to the MHRD would be given for the New Education Policy and they would meet the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and others to explain their point seeking to stop the promotion of a particular culture.
He demanded the Central government to implement the Constitution with its true spirit. Maulana Khaled Saifullah Rahmani has been nominated as the campaign convener in the State.
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