Just ahead of lok Sabha Election, Aligarh Muslim University Teachers’ Association (AMUTA) has appealed to all Muslim and secular voters to vote carefully and defeat communal forces in the upcoming elections.
The teachers’ body is of the firm opinion that the people who are responsible for Gujarat and Muzaffarnagar riots are threat to the country and they should be defeated. Honorary Secretary of AMUTA, Dr Aftab Alam said Muslims should vote tactfully to defeat these forces. Instead of supporting a particular political party, AMUTA appeals Muslims to vote those candidates who can defeat the communal Modi and Mulayam in their respective constituencies. "Muslims cannot forget that Narendra Modi who was allegedly behind the Gujarat riot that killed many Muslims and made 100,000 displaced and has left Muslims in the state completely in the state of fear and demoralized," he alleged.
The teachers’ body also alleged that the situation is not much better in the state. Within two years of Samajwadi party government more than hundred cases of communal riots have been reported and most serious among them was the Muzaffarnagar. Even after seven months around 20,000 victims are still languishing in around 15 camps in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli who are not ready to go back to their homes because of fear as perpetrators of heinous crimes committed against them are roaming freely because of the inaction on the part of the stat government. Commenting on hate speech row by the BJP leaders, AMUTA condemned the hate speech by BJP’s UP in-charge Amit Shah and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. AMU fraternity is of the opinion that some parties are deliberately trying to flare up communal tension in different parts of the country to polarize votes to gain political mileage. "Voters are fully aware of their communal design and will thwart their attempts and will reject communal forces in the upcoming elections," said Dr Alam.
He advised that the first priority for Muslims is their safety and security and they will vote only those who can guarantee them safe India. Demonizing the entire Muslims and arresting of innocent Muslim youths in fake and fabricated terror cases is an issue of serious concern. Similarly there is dramatic increase in number of Muslims being targeted in fake encounters.
"It is a fact that around 98 percent the Muslim young men who were arrested in terrorism cases across the country have now been found innocent by the courts. Those who will guarantee the release of innocent Muslims languishing in the jails will get the support of Muslims," he added.