Providing Free Vaccination is Basic Duty of the Govt. It should Not be Used as a Political Tool: JIH President

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind President Syed Sadatullah Husaini has said that providing free vaccination is the basic duty of a government and it should not be used as a political tool.
Addressing the media persons at the monthly briefing held at Jamaat’s headquarters on October 24, Mr. Husaini talked about various issues related to the upcoming assembly polls in Bihar, the CAA, madrassas and freedom of the press.
Asked about the promise of providing free vaccination mentioned in the manifesto of the BJP for the upcoming Bihar polls, the JIH President said: “Providing free vaccination for the coronavirus is the basic duty of the government. How can it be used as a poll promise? The government has to provide it all over the country.”
On CAA, the Jamaat chief said that the apex court should deliver its judgment on this very important issue as soon as it can. He said: “We consider this law to be against the Constitution and discriminating a particular religious community over others”.
On Assam government’s freezing the funding of madrassas, the JIH President said: “We endorse the stand taken by our Markazi Taleemi Board which has condemned the Assam education minister for announcing to shut down all the Government-run madrassas and ceasing their funding from next month. We demand that the Assam government must take back its decision.”
Mr. Husaini asserted that freedom of press is paramount for any functional democracy and the right to expressing one’s opinion on issues should always be protected. However, the media should not be used for spreading hate and communal disharmony.
Earlier, Vice President of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Prof Salim Engineer talked about the growing atrocities on Dalits, farmers’ bills, changes in labour laws and the responsibilities of the government in the post-Covid phase. He said: “Jamaat-e-Islami Hind condemns the growing incidents of violence and especially sexual violence against Dalits all over the country. We oppose the three Agriculture bills passed in Parliament, as they are exploitative and anti-farmer. We also oppose the merging of 24 central labour laws into three. This will deprive workers of their legitimate rights in the name of reforms, investment and promoting ‘ease of doing business’.”