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The territory portion of the Karnataka State Muslim Organisations’ Federation volition beryllium organising a “Karnataka Muslim Convention” successful the metropolis connected Sunday to sermon the implementation of assurances made to the Muslim assemblage by the Congress-led State authorities and contiguous a study outlining cardinal demands.
Addressing a property league here, the federation subordinate Ibrahim Patel Yalwar said the convention, titled “Karnataka Muslim Convention: What Did the Congress Government Promise, What Has It Delivered, and What Next?”, is expected to gully information from assorted Muslim organisations, institutions and members of the assemblage from crossed the district.
A study prepared by the antithetic committees and experts from the Karnataka State Muslim Federation volition beryllium presented astatine the event. The study examines the implementation of large commitments made to the Muslim assemblage during the Congress government’s three-year tenure, assessing fulfilled and unfulfilled promises, reviewing the presumption of governmental representation, and outlining cardinal demands placed earlier the government.
Mr. Yalwar said that aft a akin programme was held successful Bengaluru, much conventions are planned successful Mysuru, Davangere, Mangaluru and different districts successful the coming days.
Speaking connected the occasion, the federation member, Afzal Mehmood, alleged that respective assurances made by the Congress authorities remained unfulfilled. While the authorities had withdrawn restrictions connected the wearing of the hijab, different issues, specified arsenic the restoration of Muslim reservations, enactment against hatred speech, enhanced budgetary allocations, governmental representation, Waqf-related matters, the anti-cow slaughter law, the anti-conversion law, and scholarships for students, were yet to beryllium addressed, helium said.
Mr. Mehmood besides expressed disappointment implicit the lack of Muslim practice successful the Legislative Council elections contempt demands for astatine slightest 2 seats for members of the community. He urged the authorities to supply astatine slightest 1 Rajya Sabha spot and 4 berths successful the State Cabinet to representatives of the community.
He clarified that nary governmental leaders had been invited to the convention. “This is neither a governmental level nor a forum for confrontation. It is simply a antiauthoritarian inaugural aimed astatine urging the authorities to fulfil the assurances made to the assemblage wrong the model of the Constitution,” Mr. Mehmood said.
