Pressure group mooted to fight divisive forces

​Hyderabad: Intellectuals, religious leaders, educationists and social activists have unanimously agreed to form a ‘pressure group’ across the country and at regional level, to fight against the divisive forces which are ‘damaging the constitution’ of the country. 

In the keynote address, during the colloquium with the theme ‘The country at crossroads – the way ahead’ organised in the city by Jamiat Ulema (TS & AP), Lingayat community leader Basavaraja Pattadarya Maha Swamy Galu observed that it was saddening to see that communal forces were getting elected and trying to divide people on the social lines. He expressed his hope that India will stand united against the divisive tactics of the communal forces and constitution will rule the country. 

Grandson of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar and noted social leader Prakash Ambedkar on this occasion said that there was need to work for exposing the reality behind the ‘good image’ of this Union government. “Modi government is corrupt but it continues with the image of being non-corrupt. We have to work in tandem to decode this. We can do this by exposing the various scams,” he said. 

He advocated creating an ambience of unity and tranquility across the country so that secular persons also join the movement for saving constitution. Jamiat Ulema General Secretary Mahmood Madani held that Muslims in India were not against the majority community but people who divide the society on the lines of religion and caste. He said that members of Jamiat Ulema across the country will stand with SC, ST, OBC, Dalits and other oppressed communities in fight against any discrimination and atrocity. He said that there will be another meeting to discuss the nitty-gritty of the common forum of all social groups very soon. 

Jamaat-e-Islami (Telangana) President, Hamid Mohammed Khan said that every institution in the country was on the brink of collapse. He said that central government was now trying to usurp the fixed deposits of the people in banks. Country is on the verge of educational collapse and democracy was slowly transforming towards mobocracy. 

Noted social reformist Gaddar said that imperialist forces were dominating across the globe and Hindu imperialist fascists joined hands with them. He observed that there was a global conspiracy to create artificial political crisis in the country to cash in on the situation for implementing their hidden agenda. 

Prof Kancha Ilaiah said that there was a need to work on long term as well as short term goals to counter the scenario.  Noted Islamic scholar Khalid Saifullah Rahmani said that only few people were trying to create tension among different communities and majority of Hindus were peaceful and secular. 

Prof P L Vishweshwar, Manisha Bhangar, Vice President People’s Party of India, Jamiat Ulema President Telangana and AP Hafiz Peer Shabbir, Kaki Madhava Rao, former Chief Secretary and others spoke on the occasion.