New Delhi: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) has expressed deep concerns over the current state of Indian economy whose GDP is falling down steadily, and demanded the NDA government to focus to find ways to revive the economy, instead of name-grabbing measures.
Mentioning the bad impacts of Demonetisation and GST on the economy, Maulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari, president of the JIH while addressing a monthly press conference at its headquarters in New Delhi today said: “The NDA government appears to be clueless and undecided about the measures it needs to adopt for addressing the challenge. The policies of the government are largely to be blamed for country’s economic woes. It must focus to find ways to revive the economy and not be distracted by trivial issues however attractive they may appear to reap electoral benefits and grab media headlines”.
JIH leader also expressed concern on the rise in communal incidents in different parts of the country and giving reasons for the rise he said: “Anti-social and criminal elements are becoming daring and emboldened no serious action has been taken against them and this is creating fear in the common citizens.”
The Secretary General of JIH Muhammad Salim Engineer while replying to the media on the possibility of Popular Front of India (PFI) being banned by the government of India, said: “we are against this policy of banning organizations as it is undemocratic and fascist in nature. If anybody is found breaking the law then strict action must be taken against the concerned individual but banning of organizations is not correct.’’ When asked about the compulsory singing of the national anthem and if Muslims find anything objectionable in it, the Vice President of JIH Maulana Nusrat Ali said: “there is consensus among Muslims that singing Vande Mataram is objectionable. However the case of national anthem is different and its singing should not be problematic. However Jamaat is against this mentality of suspecting the patriotism of certain sections of the minority community. We condemn the targeting of Muslim religious seminaries (madrassas) by forcing them to recite the national anthem to prove their patriotism.”