Prominent Muslim scholars, alleging land grab of Waqf properties by Congress leaders, have threatened to launch a nationwide agitation against the party by the month end and target all Congress offices in politically important states. Addressing a press conference in Delhi on March 11, Maulana Kalbe Jawad, head of the Shahi Ashafi Mosque in Lucknow, said a coordinated protest will also target all Congress constituencies in UP.
The press conference was also addressed by representatives of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. The Muslim leaders are demanding police action against Ahmed Patel, the political secretary of Congress President Sonia Gandhi for getting “devotees arrested” for protesting against the alleged land grab in Delhi and elsewhere. “We have been in dialogue with Congress leaders for more than two years now and they only make promises which they don’t keep. Sonia Gandhi had directed them to resolve the issue but till date nothing has happened,” says Maulana Jawad.