Are Muslims mobilizing in Maharashtra?
After the Lok Sabha elections, now the issue of vote jihad has come to the fore amid the assembly elections being held in Maharashtra. In the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP had alleged that many Mahayuti candidates in Maharashtra had lost only due to unequal voting of MVA candidates in Muslim-dominated areas. However, this allegation by the BJP was completely rejected by the opposition. But now the truth has come to light: how come more than 60 per cent of voting took place in Muslim areas of Lok Sabha and how only MVA candidates got votes? Now the same effort is being made to repeat it in the assembly elections too.
In fact, organizations called Marathi Muslim Seva Sangh and Maharashtra Democratic Forum have now formed a group of over 180 minority-related organizations in the Assembly, like Lok Sabha. So far, this group has held more than 200 meetings across Maharashtra. All these meetings took place in Muslim dominated areas of Mumbai like Govandi, Mankhurd, Shivaji Nagar, Bhindi Bazar, Nagpada including Dharavi, Anushakti Nagar. Similarly, it happened in Muslim dominated areas in other districts of Maharashtra too.
All TV9 questions have answers
Until now no one knew much about this group, nor did the officials of this group and organization come forward, but TV9 Bharatvarsh met and spoke directly with the coordinator of the Maharashtra Democratic Forum and also the chief fakir of the Marathi Muslim Seva Sangh. to Ahmed.
The direct question to Shakir Sheikh and Fakir Ahmed was: how are they creating awareness among voters? He said that in Muslim-dominated areas, the Muslim community always comes out to vote in smaller numbers, which is why he is touring the entire state and hundreds of NGOs are also accompanying him. We are expressing the importance of voting in Muslim-dominated areas so that people come out of their homes in large numbers and vote.
I got this answer to the question of who to vote for.
When asked if voters are also told who to vote for. Shakir Sheikh said that of course we are telling people to vote for the secular party that works to protect the Constitution and the country, which does not talk about dividing the society.
The BJP is directly linking its work with the jihad vote because it is directly mobilizing against a party or alliance, isn’t that wrong? Responding to this, Shakir Sheikh said that it is not bad at all. Awareness is spreading among people. We are telling the Muslim community what the power of their vote is and how it affects the outcome of the election. How can this be linked to the jihad vote? Jihad means struggle, it is not correct to link it with Jihad.
The same organization also worked in the Lok Sabha elections.
At the same time, Fakir Ahmed clearly said that he had worked in the Lok Sabha in a similar manner and had stopped Modi ji’s 400 passes slogan. BJP seats were reduced. Similarly, this time we are also working on the assembly elections and asking to vote for the MVA because the BJP is spreading communalism.
Following this statement, BJP leader Kirit Somaiya gave a strong reaction. He said that this vote is Jihad and there is a conspiracy to spread unrest through such actions. This will not work at all, Jinnah’s thinking is not acceptable in this country.
Smriti Irani attacked the opposition
At the same time, senior BJP leader and former minister Smriti Irani came down heavily on the opposition on this issue. He said: where were those people who attacked the country’s democracy with the jihad vote when the women suffering from triple talaq were demanding justice? Where did they say when poor Muslim youth asked for educational facilities? Those who seek votes by calling it electoral jihad do not believe in the power of democracy. Wherever there is a Congress party, Hindus insult Hinduism and India. Conspiracies like this will be exposed.
Shiv Sena UBT MP said: There is nothing wrong with this
At the same time, UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi responded to these allegations by the BJP. At first he said he didn’t know much about this, but if such an NGO is motivating people to vote for MVA, then what’s wrong with it? Everyone is going to ask for votes. Today, if the Constitution and the country are in danger, they will vote where they feel safe and when Muslim women got the votes from the BJP, then the vote was not Jihad. If UBT and Congress got votes, how did it become Jihad? Only Hindus and Muslims do this and spread hatred.
