The All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat, in a statement on 25 October, said the situation in Delhi’s Triokpuri area is serious. “Violence erupted last night over a petty dispute and it was promptly controlled by the security forces. But today a crowd of some 400-500 hooligans has gathered again. They are surrounding Muslims homes in the area. They are armed with revolvers and other arms and at present are pelting stones at Muslims homes. Muslims have locked themselves in and many have taken refuge on the roofs of their houses. Though no casualty is reported yet, around a dozen persons have been injured by the stone-pelting.”
The All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat, the apex body of Muslim organisations, has sent an SoS to the Lt. Governor, Delhi, requesting him to intervene and to provide adequate force to control the hooligans.
APCR HOSTS WORKSHOP ON ENCOUNTER, CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTION
The Delhi unit of APCR conducted a workshop on Encounters and Civil Rights Protection in India in order to train volunteers about legal aspect of encounters at Jamia Nagar, New Delhi on 19 October. Addressing on Encounters and Indian Law, Adv Abu Bakr Sabbaq said the dual standard is followed in encounter cases, instead of filing an FIR against operating team of encounter, police files FIR against deceased. Due to the death of that person, the closure report is filed without investigation and hence police personnel gets impunity in such cases. Article 14 of the Constitution which states Equality before law and Equal protection of law is always ignored by Govt. and Court in these cases. He further explained the recent guidelines of Supreme Court and commented that Apex Court weakened the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)’s recommendation on encounters.
Speaking on Encounter and Civil Rights Protection Syed Akhlaq Ahmad, National Coordinator of APCR termed Encounters as Extra Judicial Killings. Providing detailed statistics of Encounters in India he said that the numbers of encounters in conflict zone like Jammu & Kashmir, North East and so called Naxal Belt region is very high and have major ratio in extra judicial killing cases.
61% MAHARASHTRA BJP MLAS HAVE CRIMINAL RECORDS: ADR
Seventy-four of the 122 BJP MLAs elected to the Maharashtra Assembly in the just concluded elections have criminal cases against them. Of them, 46 have declared serious cases in their poll affidavits such as murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping and crimes against women, according to an analysis done by the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR), a report said on 23 October.
Shiv Sena, the second largest party in the Assembly with 63 MLAs, has 48 with criminal records, and 35 of them are facing serious charges. In NCP, 19 of the 41 MLAs have criminal records with serious charges pending against 18. The Congress has the least number of MLAs with criminal records – 15 of the 42. Out of them, 10 are facing serious charges. Of the total 165 MLAs who have declared pending criminal cases against them, 86 have said that charges have been framed.
‘MUSLIMS WERE UPSET, FELT CHEATED’
Majli-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen’s lone winning candidate in Mumbai and now Byculla MLA Waris Yusuf Pathan (42), who is also a lawyer, told The Indian Express (21 October) about how Congress leader Madhu Chavan ‘had not kept his secular promise’. When young boys from Byculla and around were identified as ‘rioters’ during the Azad Maidan riot in August 2012, Pathan, had spoken up on their behalf. Pathan took the brief on a simple belief. “One may say things, but I found them to be innocent. They were at the spot, but they did not riot. My Byculla boys can be a lot of things, but they did not riot. Their bikes were packed and they were booked. They needed someone to defend them.”
This October, at the height of polls, the bikes shattered the calm in the lanes, in and around Byculla. This was payback time. Majli-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen’s (MIM) lone winning candidate in Mumbai and now Byculla MLA, says, “It was time. The Muslims were upset. The youngsters felt cheated.”
INT’L SEMINAR ON IBN SINA OPENS AT AMU
Inaugurating a three-day International Seminar on “Life and Contribution of Ibn Sina” at the Kennedy Auditorium, Aligarh Muslim University, Mrs. Sadia Rashid, President, International Association for Unani Medicine and Chancellor, Hamdard University, Karachi (Pakistan) said that Ibn Sina studied, researched and wrote about almost everything from physiology to psychology, physics to philosophy and mathematics to music. She said that countless men in all these disciplines and more, from East to West, reached the heights of fame in their fields standing on his shoulders.
Mrs. Sadia said that there is no dearth of details into which “I can go about this doctor of doctors, the giant figure in the world of knowledge”. She pointed out that in this age of specialisation, “we can only gaze in admiration at the mere idea of the learned men of old age, who knew no such boundaries to their curiosity or learning”.
KCR MAINTAINING CRIMINAL SILENCE ON FARMERS SUICIDES: SHABBIR ALI
Deputy CLP leader in Legislative Council of Telangana Mohammed Ali Shabbir has strongly criticised Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for taking the farmers’ suicide lightly during his media briefing after State Cabinet’s meeting on Friday night.
Addressing a press conference in Hyderabad on 25 October, Shabbir Ali said that KCR’s silence on suicide by over 250 farmers was highly condemnable. “When asked by a reporter, he merely mentioned that he read about them in newspapers. He also said that the number of suicide is not so high. This reaction is totally shocking. He must have announced ex-gratia as per GO 421 for the families of those who committed suicide and also provided relief to those who are in distress,” he said.
BRP BHASKAR OPENS DAY AND NIGHT STAND UP STIR
Social activist and veteran journalist B.R.P. Bhaskar on 25 October inaugurated ‘Day and Night Stand Up Stir’ organised by Solidarity Youth Movement, in front of Cliff House, Thiruvananthapuram demanding Chief Minister Oommen Chandy’s immediate interference into the issue raised by Adivasis. He wanted the chief minister to take immediate steps towards implementation of the 2003 government promise to provide land to the landless tribal people in the state.
CK Janu, Writer K.R. Meera, Jamaate Islami State Committee member Shaheer Moulavi, SOlidarity State President T. Mohammed Velam, Kalathil Farooq, Samad Kunnakav, BAMCEF pracharak Banwal Paswan and others addressed gathering as part the show of protest. The protest continued overnight.
DR SQR ILYAS ELECTED NATIONAL PRESIDENT OF WPI
The Federal General Council of the Welfare Party of India in its meeting on 25 October elected Dr. S. Q. R. Ilyas as the national president of the party for the next term for 4 years. The election was necessitated due to the resignation of Mr. Mujtaba Farooq from the post due to his personal problems. Considering the compulsions and reasons raised by Mujtaba Farooq, the FGC accepted the resignation unanimously and elected. Dr. Ilyas. Before being elected national president, Dr. SQR Ilyas was serving as General Secretary (Org) of the party.
Addressing the FGC members, Dr. Ilyas exhorted them to work hard to take the task of combating the emerging challenges before the nation. “A particular culture and thought is being imposed on the country. While the corporate and multinational get more sops and concessions, the poor are being deprived of their rights. The country will witness soon that the corporate who put their might and weight in bringing the new government at the centre will force the government to get them back their investment returned with heavy dividend,” he said. Dr. Ilyas asked the FGC members to face the challenges ahead and to get the confidence of the country men as a viable and principled political party.