Shahi Imam Bukhari exhorts Muslims to vote for Congress

[arp2041]

Jama Masjid's Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari has announced his support for the Congress Party in the Lok Sabha election. Calling BSP and SP unreliable, he asked Muslims to vote for the ruling party.

In a press conference, the Imam said that nation faces danger from communal forces and that the Muslim community should ensure secular votes remain undivided.

Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) has expressed its displeasure on the announcement. Party spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said Imam's meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi and the announcement of support proves that the Imam is acting as a front for Congress Party. He hoped that EC will take note of this and act accordingly.

A few days earlier, a Muslim delegation headed by Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari had met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

His spokesperson had said Sonia promised to improve the conditions of Muslims if the UPA came to power.

"The delegation put forward Muslims issue before UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. We apprised her about the atrocities faced by Muslim youths in the name of terrorism. She agreed that Muslim youths were subjected to injustice. She wants that the secular votes remain undivided. She said we should get united against communal forces,"Rahat Mehmood Chowdhary, Spokesperson, Shahi Imam, had said.

"We have demanded reservation for Muslims in government jobs, communal riots bill should be passed, and Rangnath Commission recommendation should be enforced," he had added.

Bharatiya Janata Party PM nominee Narendra Modi had on Thursday lashed out at Congress president Sonia Gandhi for meeting Jama Masjid's Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari in her bid to seek minority votes and trying to communalise elections.

Modi had urged the Election Commission to take suo motu cognisance against Gandhi for appealing for votes on religious lines and trying to polarise elections.

Addressing a rally at Indirapuram in Ghaziabad, the Gujarat Chief Minister had said, "Seeking votes on basis of religion is against the laws of this nation. I urge the EC to take suo motu action against the Congress president."


Shahi Imam Bukhari exhorts Muslims to vote for Congress : Highlights, News - India Today

My Take: I am really embarrassed to call myself an Indian today. It's really pathetic that in 21st Century Youngistan, Parties instead of urging voters to vote on there performance, urge them to vote on caste, creed, religious lines.......It's really disgusting to see that all the sins of a party that was in power for last 10 years are simply washed away on the pretext that they are so called SICKular party while who vote the other party are communal.

Sorry Imam sahab call me a communal I don't mind.........
I am Not SICK.....Hindi me bolu toh nhi hai mujhey bukhar......
Abki Baar Modi Sarkar...........................

 

[Imran Khan]

BJP RSS also asking vote on hate and religion so why not shahi imam sab chalta hai

 

[Parul]

Jama Masjid's Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari has announced his support for the Congress Party in the Lok Sabha election. Calling BSP and SP unreliable, he asked Muslims to vote for the ruling party.

In a press conference, the Imam said that nation faces danger from communal forces and that the Muslim community should ensure secular votes remain undivided.

Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) has expressed its displeasure on the announcement. Party spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said Imam's meeting with Congress president Sonia Gandhi and the announcement of support proves that the Imam is acting as a front for Congress Party. He hoped that EC will take note of this and act accordingly.

A few days earlier, a Muslim delegation headed by Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari had met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

His spokesperson had said Sonia promised to improve the conditions of Muslims if the UPA came to power.

"The delegation put forward Muslims issue before UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. We apprised her about the atrocities faced by Muslim youths in the name of terrorism. She agreed that Muslim youths were subjected to injustice. She wants that the secular votes remain undivided. She said we should get united against communal forces,"Rahat Mehmood Chowdhary, Spokesperson, Shahi Imam, had said.

"We have demanded reservation for Muslims in government jobs, communal riots bill should be passed, and Rangnath Commission recommendation should be enforced," he had added.

Bharatiya Janata Party PM nominee Narendra Modi had on Thursday lashed out at Congress president Sonia Gandhi for meeting Jama Masjid's Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari in her bid to seek minority votes and trying to communalise elections.

Modi had urged the Election Commission to take suo motu cognisance against Gandhi for appealing for votes on religious lines and trying to polarise elections.

Addressing a rally at Indirapuram in Ghaziabad, the Gujarat Chief Minister had said, "Seeking votes on basis of religion is against the laws of this nation. I urge the EC to take suo motu action against the Congress president."


Shahi Imam Bukhari exhorts Muslims to vote for Congress : Highlights, News - India Today

My Take: I am really embarrassed to call myself an Indian today. It's really pathetic that in 21st Century Youngistan, Parties instead of urging voters to vote on there performance, urge them to vote on caste, creed, religious lines.......It's really disgusting to see that all the sins of a party that was in power for last 10 years are simply washed away on the pretext that they are so called SICKular party while who vote the other party are communal.

Sorry Imam sahab call me a communal I don't mind.........
I am Not SICK.....Hindi me bolu toh nhi hai mujhey bukhar......
Abki Baar Modi Sarkar...........................

Koi baat nahi agar bukhari ko congress ne diya secularism ka bukhaar .....phir bhi hum layenge abki baar modi sarkar......

 

[Android]

BJP RSS also asking vote on hate and religion so why not shahi imam sab chalta hai

Thank you Imam sahab you just increased BJP vote share by few more percentage

 

[arp2041]

BJP RSS also asking vote on hate and religion so why not shahi imam sab chalta hai

Sirjee, aap kisi bhi BJP key leader ka quote lado.....jismey usney kaha ho sarey Hindu BJP ko vote dey???

Koi baat nahi agar bukhari ko congress ne diya secularism ka bukhaar .....phir bhi hum layenge abki baar modi sarkar......

Gujrat ka Chirag karega dur Hindustan ka Andhkar..........
Abki Bar Modi Sarkar!!!

 

[Pakistanisage]

Muslims should stand firmly behind Congress Party.

 

[scorpionx]

Why educated Muslim youths have to look to an Imam for suggestion whom to vote or not? Let them go by their own conscience and vote for who ever the Muslims want. When you are sending a signal to a collective group, you yourself are segregating them from the rest of the en mass. Sadly, religious leaders do not make out the relevance of this and more unfortunately every political parties endorses such absurdity.

 

[Imran Khan]

Sirjee, aap kisi bhi BJP key leader ka quote lado.....jismey usney kaha ho sarey Hindu BJP ko vote dey???



Gujrat ka Chirag karega dur Hindustan ka Andhkar..........
Abki Bar Modi Sarkar!!!

bhai qoute zaroori hai hum andhy to nhi hain ? hindutva ki politics ke liye kisi quote ki nhi aqal ki zarorat hai . today he said i will ban slaughters .enough

 

[ni8mare]

Muslims should stand firmly behind Congress Party.

so that india remain weak ...good for enemy

 

[Imran Khan]

Thank you Imam sahab you just increased BJP vote share by few more percentage

they have media 24-7 and their action speak louder then my tiny post

 

[Parul]

Sirjee, aap kisi bhi BJP key leader ka quote lado.....jismey usney kaha ho sarey Hindu BJP ko vote dey???



Gujrat ka Chirag karega dur Hindustan ka Andhkar..........
Abki Bar Modi Sarkar!!!

Imam ye sab chalein hai bekar,kyunki is baar hai modi sarkar.

 

[arp2041]

Muslims should stand firmly behind Congress Party.

Isbaar toh India ka Muslim bhi karega Modi ko vote mere yaar............
Kyoki Abki Bar Modi Sarkar........!!!

bhai qoute zaroori hai hum andhy to nhi hain ? hindutva ki politics ke liye kisi quote ki nhi aqal ki zarorat hai . today he said i will ban slaughters .enough

Sirjee what has cow slaughter to do with this thing?? Many people in India believe cow as mother, so cow slaughter hurt there religious belief & Indian Constitution does ensure that religious belief of every religion (not just Hindus) will be protected........

 

[Imran Khan]

Isbaar toh India ka Muslim bhi karega Modi ko vote mere yaar............
Kyoki Abki Bar Modi Sarkar........!!!



Sirjee what has cow slaughter to do with this thing?? Many people in India believe cow as mother, so cow slaughter hurt there religious belief & Indian Constitution does ensure that religious belief of every religion (not just Hindus) will be protected........

mamo others hurt also they want to eat its a taste you know then it will be same as wine ban

 

[arp2041]

Why educated Muslim youths have to look to an Imam for suggestion whom to vote or not? Let them go by their own conscience and vote for who ever the Muslims want. When you are sending a signal to a collective group, you yourself are segregating them from the rest of the en mass. Sadly, religious leaders do not make out the relevance of this and more unfortunately every political parties endorses such absurdity.

Bhai how pathetic can it be..............Congress isn't looking for vote based on it's performance for last 10 years (or it has notthing to show???) rather they are doing such cheap tactics & saying that we will do whatever possible to not let so called communal forces to power.........WTF.....last i heard India was a democratic country.

 

[janon]

My Take: I am really embarrassed to call myself an Indian today. It's really pathetic that in 21st Century Youngistan, Parties instead of urging voters to vote on there performance, urge them to vote on caste, creed, religious lines.......It's really disgusting to see that all the sins of a party that was in power for last 10 years are simply washed away on the pretext that they are so called SICKular party while who vote the other party are communal.

Sorry Imam sahab call me a communal I don't mind.........
I am Not SICK.....Hindi me bolu toh nhi hai mujhey bukhar......
Abki Baar Modi Sarkar...........................

Both parties do this, and have always done this. Many hindu groups have, in the past, urged their followers to vote a certain way. But as a matter of fact, this is not what deserves your ire. Muslims or hindus have never voted as a single, monolithic group. The more destructive politics happens when voters are urged to vote along caste lines, as happens in central India. In the BIMARU states and a few other large ones as well, caste is the predominant factor that determines electoral outcome. And this has real repurcussions on society, that some castes stay empowered and others are downtrodden. Hindus or muslims as a whole are not really affected by which party is in power. As of now, caste based politics is the biggest enemy of our political system. Remember how Jaswant Singh had to make way for an ex congress fence jumper, because he did not belong to the right caste for that constituency.

I'm not saying that religion based politics will be any better. I'm saying that as of now, religion is not a big factor in the elections. I hope that in future religious politics will not take hold, like the caste based elections of today.