Jaipur, Oct 03: Accusing Ashok Gehlot led Congress government in Rajasthan of not taking action against fundamentalist forces, state Muslim Forum today warned the party against adopting "soft hindutva" line in the year end assembly elections. "Congress seems to be moving on the line of soft hindutva in Rajasthan without taking any lesson from its failed strategy in Gujarat polls", leaders of the Rajasthan Muslim Forum, an umbrella organisation of 20 Muslim organisations and institutions, told a press conference here. Its convenor Qari Mueenuddin said Gehlot government should stop "acting softly" against fundamentalist forces who were making lives of ordinary Muslims miserable. "Muslims are living in constant fear in the face of assault on them in different parts but their had been no protection from the state", he said. Mueenuddin alleged the government last month suspended policemen who took action against rioters in Aklera town of Jhalawar district where houses and commercial establishments of Muslims were damaged.
The government action against upright policemen apparently to keep the majority community in good humour during election time not only demoralised police and administration but also the minority community, he claimed.
Observing that Muslims needed government support in breaking shackles of educational, social, economic and political backwardness, forum member and chief of Jamat-e-Islami Hind Mohammad Saleem said the community should be given reservation in jobs and education as per its population under the OBC category.
Bureau Report