Mufti Salman Azhari and Abu Azmi.
Mumbai: The countdown to voting has begun in Maharashtra, but MVA leaders are still seen making requests to clerics. The new case is that of the leader of the Samajwadi Party, Abu Azmi. A video of SP leader Abu Azmi, who is contesting the Mankhurd Shivajinagar elections, meeting with Mufti Salman Azhari has emerged. This is the same mufti Salman Azhari, who was arrested by the Gujarat police in February this year for making inflammatory speeches against Hindus. Now, before the elections, to win the Muslim vote, SP leader Abu Azmi has met Mufti Salman Azhari, accused of making hate speeches against Hindus.
What did Mufti Salman say to Abu Azmi?
During the meeting, Abu Azmi prayed for Salman Azhari’s victory in the elections. Azhari said may God give you success. He said he has little connection with the leaders but wants that if Azmi wins, Rasool’s honor remains intact and no one disrespects him. At the same time, Azmi assured that he will raise this issue and make efforts to bring in strict laws against any great religious leader of any religion or who speaks against God.
What did Azmi say after meeting Mufti?
After meeting Mufti Azhari, on BJP’s accusations of “voting jihad”, Abu Azmi said: “This is not voting jihad.” Mufti Azhari was imprisoned without any reason. The Supreme Court has granted bail. Their people say they will remove the loudspeakers from the mosque and if we win, they will implement the Common Civil Code. That’s why I said we should be smart. The BJP’s job is to seek votes in the name of religion. This is your business. The BJP clearly says that we do not want the votes of Muslims.
‘Azhari’s Ghazwa-e-Hind video is fake’
Abu Azmi said: ‘Salman is being proposed to the religious leaders because the grand alliance is against the country’s constitution. They talk about separatism. They say if you divide, you will be divided. Salman Azhari’s video from Ghazwa-e-Hind is fake. He can’t even say that. It is presented in a distorted way. We’re talking to people in our community, what’s wrong with that? Muslims also made Uddhav Thackeray’s Hindu candidates win.
The meeting created a stir in Maharashtra politics.
There has been an uproar in Maharashtra politics over the SP leader’s meeting with Mufti. The BJP has raised doubts about this meeting and links it with the jihad vote. Earlier, Sharad Pawar faction candidate Fahad Aham had met Maulana Sajjad Nomani. A few days ago, Dindoshi’s Uddhav faction candidate Sunil Prabhu went to the mosque and held a meeting with the maulanas and asked them to vote in favor of the MVA. Let us tell you that the BJP is raising the issue of ‘Vote Jihad’ in these elections and is accusing the opposition of Muslim appeasement.
