الهند: تحالف إسلامي للإطاحة بالمرشح الهندوسي في الانتخابات

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أعلن المسلمون بولاية "بيهار" الهندية عن تحالفهم وتوحيد أصواتهم الانتخابية للإطاحة بـ"ناريندرا مودي" - مرشح حزب "بهرايه جنتا" الهندوسي في الانتخابات المقبلة - وذلك بسبب ضلوعه في أحداث شغب "جوجارت"، التي أودت بحياة 2000 مسلم.

وتأتي هذه الخطوة استجابةً لدعوات العلماء والدعاة، ومن بينهم الشيخ "أرشد مدني" - رئيس "جمعية علماء الهند" - الذي طالب المسلمين بنبذ الخلاف والفوارق الاجتماعية بينهم، والتوحد للتخلص من المرشح الهندوسي وحزبه المتطرف، ودعم مرشح حيادي، خاصةً مع تشكيل المسلمين كتلة تصويتية كبيرة تبلغ 16%؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Bihar Muslims Unite to Defeat Modi

Preparing for looming India election, a growing number of Bihar Muslims are planning to vote next month with the only purpose of defeating Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

“I will vote for the candidate who is able to defeat BJP and halt Narendra Modi no matter which party he belongs to,” Abdul Sattar, a matriculate from the Muslim-dominated Shahganj locality in Bihar, told Times of India on Tuesday, March 25.

“I don't know who that person will be, but will take a conscious decision before pressing the button on EVM.”

Over the past 24 years, the 43-year old father of three has been taking time off to go to the polling station to cast his vote without fail.

The case has changed this year as the feeling of rejecting Modi among Muslims was getting stronger with the passage of every day.

"This is also how the intellectual class and Muslim bodies are thinking and they agree that there should be tactical voting to ensure the win of a secular and winnable candidate in each constituency," said Maulana Anisur Rahman Qasmi, general secretary of Phulwarisharif-based Imarat Shariah.

Setting election from April 7 to May 12, India is preparing for an energetic election campaign.

The number of voters has gone dramatically by almost a hundred million since 2009 as 815 million voters are eligible to vote to elect 543 lawmakers.

Over the past decades, respective governments, whether it is National Conference, Congress or Peoples Democratic Party, have failed to address the demands of the Muslim community.

Enrolled in the election as the prime ministerial candidate for BJP, Modi has revived Muslims woes which date back to 2002 massacre of Muslims.

More than 2,000 Muslims were hacked and burnt to death in Gujarat in 2002 by Hindu mobs after Hindu pilgrims died in a train fire, which was first blamed on Muslims but turned accidental due to a later inquiry.

Several investigations at the state and federal levels accused police of failing to protect Muslims under orders from Modi and his aides, fanning one of the worst instances of sectarian violence in India.

Feeling the danger from Modi’s popularity, Muslim leaders in India have decided to vote in a tactical way to prevent his election.

The move was first initiated by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind chief Maulana Arshad Madni who suggested that Muslim organizations should bury their socio-religious differences and join hands to effectively check the division of secular votes