Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has termed the results of Lok Sabha elections as unexpected and an outcome of disunity, division and mutual clashes among the secular parties and their leaders. Mr Nusrat Ali, Secretary General of Jamaat said the results are a big challenge to secular India, its secular constitution and atmosphere of love and communal harmony. “But we hope that the overwhelming majority of people who support positive traditions and values will leave no stone unturned to make the new government continue playing the positive and constructive role for the service of the country,” Mr. Ali said.
Mr. Ali further said some points in BJP’s election manifesto and statements of its leaders have created apprehensions and doubts about its future course of action. “However, we hope the new government and its leaders, in the larger interest of the country, will follow Raj Dharma and work for justice and equality. They will take effective steps to check poverty, inflation, corruption and immorality. Rather than protecting the interests of imperialist forces and capitalist system, they will work for the interests of the country and its people.”
The JIH Secretary General expressed deep concern over the fact that it is the first parliamentary election in the history of Independent India that representation of 20-crore Muslim population has slipped down to the worst level. It is feared this will further lessen opportunities for them to protect their constitutional rights, get justice and present their viewpoints on national issues in Parliament. The situation demands, Mr. Ali said, that leaders of Muslim organisations and eminent personalities of the community organise themselves, guide the community in the changed scenario and ask it to execute its responsibilities while reposing complete faith in Allah.