Muslims To Campaign Against TRS, TDP-BJP Combine

Accusing TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao of acting as an agent of the Sangh Parivar, the Telangana Muslim Joint Action Committee and Tahreek Muslim Shabban president Mohammad Mushtaq Mallik announced that Muslim organisations of Telangana region would campaign against the TRS candidates in the ensuing elections.

In a media statement here, Mushtaq Mallik alleged that KCR held some secret meetings with the RSS leaders and conspired to stop the political growth of the Muslim community, which constitutes 12.40% of the total population in Telangana.

Mallik said that the Sangh Parivar was against the political empowerment of the Muslims in the region, and was therefore using KCR. It also worked to get the TDP and the BJP to ally to damage the Muslim community's political interests, he alleged.

Mallik said that the representatives of all leading Muslim organisations would meet on April 12 at Shah Function Hall, Lakdi-ka-Pul, to decide their future strategy to stop the rise of communal forces in Telangana.

Mallik accused KCR of betraying the people by going back on the promises that he had been making for the last 14 years during the statehood movement. He alleged that Dalits and Muslims had been cheated by the TRS.

He also accused the TDP of trying to polarise the elections in Telangana by entering into an alliance with the BJP. "The Dalits and Muslims not only condemn this unholy alliance, but will ensure that the alliance faces a humiliating defeat in the ensuing elections," he said.

He mentioned that the Muslims community had played an active and major role in achieving statehood for the region. Therefore, the Telangana Muslims will ensure that their new State not only remains free of communal forces, but also achieves fast development.

"The Muslim organisations will support the parties and candidates who can guarantee a secular and developed State where justice will be done to all communities. Telangana should undo the injustices done to a majority of people in united Andhra Pradesh," he said. (INN)