Why did majority of Indian Muslims abandon Congress party?
-DR. ABDUL RUFF COLACHAL
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India’s 2014 parliamentary poll results are extra shocking for the
ruling Congress party it did expect a defeat but did not to this scale and did
not expect such huge loses when most ministers and leaders tasted the angry
dust.
Muslims, frustrated with the negative attitudes of the ruling
classes, seem to have abounded the Congress party, their traditional
“saviors”. And without Muslim support this time , the Congress party is
now literally on the streets, not knowing how to deal with the “BJP
wave”. And, it was fairly easy for the BJP to come to power.
Muslims have been the backbone of Congress party in Indian polls
and It has been so since Indian independence as Muslims trust the Congress
party in preference to other palatal outfits in the country. They go by
the promise given by India’s first PM Jawaharlal Nehru to protect them as
India’s major minority. The Constitution guarantees the Muslims the right to
live as free citizens in India
But that written guarantee Is not sufficient. The rulers and
leaders should ensure the implementation of Constitutional laws in practice to
protect the lives and belongings of all Muslims living in India. .
Congress party has been misusing the Muslim leaders for poll and
political purposes. Most of these big Muslim leaders have been crushed in
the poll by the Hindutva BJP across the nation. Even in Muslim dominated
constituencies people taught perfect lessons to Congress Muslim leaders.
The parliament poll 2014 was the testing ground for all Muslim
leaders who cheat and fool the Muslim populations by using the BJP Hindutva as
their dangerous threat. These essentially rouge leaders have only helped their
own relatives and friends and also those who pay huge sums to get the things
done
Muslims are unhappy, tether angry with their leaders and Congress
party that they trust for their ant-Muslim, anti-Islam mischief by using the
BJP as the monstrous threat to them. They are sour that the Muslims
are ill-treated and denied their dues in all domains of national
format.
Congress party, which has been operating in coalition with BJP
against Muslims at national level , still refuse to fulfill the pledge it
made to the world as well as Indian Muslims to rebuild the
historic Babri Mosque.
Congress parity, again in collusion with BJP, has jailed Abdul
Nasser Madani, a priest and Muslim pundit form Kerala, in several prisons,
making him sick to core now. His only crime is he defended Muslims in Kerala
when the Hindutva RSS criminals targeted Muslims and madrassas. Upon
getting his legs removed in a bomb attack, the Hindu communal
forces and Kerala-Tamil Nadu-Karnataka government s got Madani in
jails years now on false charges of terrorism. He undergoes jail
punishment and medical treatment in Bangalore now while the courts and
governments refuse him bail even on health grounds.
These are just two of the big issues of notorious nature, but
Muslims are targeted on a large scale
Congress knows it cannot win polls without the active support of
Muslims. It can still pretend to be protecting the Muslims from the BJP
and other hawkish and criminal Hindutva forces.
However, Muslims no more trust the Congress. They have used
their votes to demonstrate their anger to the Congress party and the likes
Had Congress party rebuilt or at least tried to do that, most
likely Congress party would have stayed in power or at least wound not
have suffered such huge setback. BJP would have been exposed as a mere paper
tiger. Similarly had UPA regime made efforts to release Madani at least on bail
on health grounds, Muslims would’ve looked up to that party as a real savior
and not just voted but also ensure the victory of Congress party. .
But the Congress party that is responsible for the existence of
BJP as a respectful fanatic party, does not want to weaken the Hindutva
communal forces in India. Congress does not seek Muslims votes as a token of
gratitude but as a sign of their weakness and fear of Hindutva ideology to
which Congress is s weeded.
The Congress-BJP secret nexus via the RSS Is not clear enough to
Muslims but do the Muslim leaders who work as vote bank agents for Congress are
aware of this tragic phenomenon haunting them possibly forever?
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