Mumbai: A top body of Muslims on Monday
strongly opposed Gandhian Anna Hazare's fast for a strong
Lokpal Bill beginning here tomorrow, saying it will help
communal forces.
Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind was against corruption but people
involved along with Hazare are working at the behest of RSS
and communal forces, the group's state unit General Secretary,
Maulana Hhalimullah Quasmi, said in a statement here.
"We have experienced in the past that whenever such an
agitation is carried out against secular government, communal
forces get into power," he said.
The Congress-led UPA government is seriously making
efforts to address problems of minorities, especially Muslims.
Hence, such agitations will weaken the Government and help
communal forces, Quasmi said.
Hazare's agitation was a conspiracy to strengthen
communal forces, he alleged.
Meanwhile, another organisation, All India Ulema
Council, said it will make its stand clear on Hazare's
agitation tomorrow.
Representatives of both organisations were present at
Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal's meeting with Muslim
organisations earlier in the day.
PTI
First Published: Monday, December 26, 2011, 22:56