On 30 April 2002, as Gujarat was burning & victims were still in camps, Lok Sabha was discussing a motion to condemn Gujarat pogrom. @MamataOfficial voted against it & for BJP
Did she sell off Gujarat's victims for a price, for free or for a ministerial position?
Only criminal gangs divide up territories between themselves & attack each other when someone enters. Since I'm not part of this criminal syndicate, it's natural that @MamataOfficial is rattled
You can't buy people who have no Gotra. You can't scare people who know no fear 2/n
Apart from saying "BJP aajayega", what exactly have you done for Bengal's Muslims?
15% of Bengal's Muslims are outside formal education (3rd highest after UP & Bihar)
80% live on less than ₹5000
38.3% in rural Bengal earn ₹2500
More than 3/4 Muslims have no land
3/n
Why are 1/3rd of Murshidabad's people struggling with arsenic related diseases? Or did they forfeit the right to clean drinking water because Madam CM @MamataOfficial has more important games to play?
You compared proud Indian Muslims to cows to be milked. BUT 👇 4/n
We're human & we weren't born just to make @MamataOfficial win. We want dignity, education, healthcare & political empowerment. While she was hobnobbing with RSS-BJP in 2003, we were opposing it even then. She became Minister, CM, etc since then but what did we get? 5/n
It'll take 60 yrs for Muslims to get proportional representation in govt jobs. @MamataOfficial went from RSS's favourite to a self proclaimed secularist, while a whole generation of Muslims grew up landless, poor & illiterate. No Hyderabadi Muslim is responsible for this 6/n
Will we continue voting for old BJP allies in exchange for indignity & humiliation? Not if this Hyderabadi Muslim has anything to say about it. So I'm going to question @MamataOfficial for doing nothing for Muslims apart from creating fear. We fear & have hope from Allah only n/n
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Spoke in Lok Sabha to oppose the Demand for Grants of Ministry of Education because there have been no steps in 6 years to improve the state of education for Muslim minorities or to reduce their drop out rate. The literacy rate of Muslims is 68.5% vs the national rate 74.04% 1/n
Muslim female literacy rate is 62% vs overall rate of 65.44%. @EduMinOfIndia data says that Muslim enrolment in primary & higher education is only 13.14%. #AISHE says that there are only 19.5 lakh Muslims in higher education. This is only 5.23% of total enrolment 2/n
|@PMOIndia patronisingly wanted to give Qur'an in one hand & computer in another to Muslims. But 2018-19 data says only 16% Muslim households have computers which is 2nd lowest. Only 32% households have internet also the 2nd lowest, only 38% have ability to operate a computer 3/n
Our MANY traditions are already celebrated & we're also recognised for our modern achievements: being one of only former colonies that's striven to be secular republic despite men like him. Sangh is allergic to secularism because it wants us to be seen as a majoritarian state1/n
Secularism is part of Basic Structure of Constitution. It's reflected in various parts of Constitution. “Liberty of thought belief faith & worship” is part of Preamble, as are fraternity & equality. Articles 14 19 22 25, 26, 29 & 30 are all reflection of our secular tradition 2/n
Sangh speaks of secularism with a forked tongue. On odd days they say that India is secular because majority of Indians are secular. On even days they say that secularism has prevented global recognition of our traditions. We're secular because of our Constitution 3/n
THREAD showing @DelhiPolice's "impartiality" & professionalism in investigating Delhi pogrom of 2020. An Order dated 8.07.2020 advised officers to take “due care and precaution” to avoid “Hindu resentment” while making arrests. 1/n
Of nearly 1750 people arrested in connection with the pogrom, over half are Muslim even though they were affected disproportionately. In @DelhiPolice charge sheets, almost 70% name Muslims as perpetrators, even in cases when only Muslims were victims. 2/n theguardian.com/world/2021/feb…
Sole breadwinner Faizan charged under draconian UAPA for crime of selling SIM card. Spent months in jail, lost his job, his family stricken with panic, fear & social stigma. @DelhiPolice was so "impartial" that Delhi HC saw no option but to grant bail thequint.com/news/india/del… 3/n
THREAD: You slashed 1024 crores from the Minority Affairs budget. The ministry's Budget Estimate of Rs 5,029 crores was slashed to Revised Estimate of Rs 4,005 crores. The cut comes to 20.36 percent in the current year. [1/n]
As per revised estimate, the allocations have been reduced by Rs 75 crores for Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students, Rs 25 crores for free coaching scheme, Rs 8 crores for interest subsidy on educational loans for overseas studies [2/n]
2 cr have been slashed for support for students clearing Prelims of UPSC/SPSCs. The cut for the educational schemes comes to Rs 110 cr. For skill development & livelihood schemes, allocations have been cut by 175 cr, including Rs 60 crores for skill development initiatives [3/n]
THREAD: Zill-e-Ilahi ka daur kahatam ho chuka hai, Modi ki aankhon mein aankhein daal kar unki ghaltiyon ko bayaan kiya jayega
Spoke in #LokSabha in response to President's Address
@PMOIndia is hesitant & afraid of even uttering CHINA's name? [1/n]
After 45 years China killed 20 of our soldiers & govt has insulted their supreme sacrifice. India cannot even patrol at the place where they were killed. China has occupied our territory in Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh & Sikkim and @PMOIndia is afraid of even raising the issue 2/n
#मैं_आंदोलनजीवी_हूँ & I'm proud of it. Instead of constructing defensive border infrastructure in Arunachal, Sikkim & Ladakh, the govt has built it in #Singhu, #Ghazipur & #Tikri. Treatment ideally meant for Chinese soldiers is being meted out on protesting Indian farmers 3/n
THREAD: One can choose to worship
-One god
-1000 gods
-no god
One can reject their faith of birth & adopt a new one.
This is LIBERTY of THOUGHT, EXPRESSION, BELIEF & FAITH that Constitution gives everyone. This Ordinance takes away this liberty & says 'aise kaise?!' [1/n]
Before we go on, remember that conversion does not mean that one stops being an Indian citizen or that they become 'lesser' Indians for some reason. This law thinks that freedom of religion is antithetical to India's identity, which'd be funny if it weren't dangerous [2/n]
The Ordinance defines mass conversion as 'two or more people converting', which means if spouses convert together it is a crime. This is a picture of Babasaheb at Deekshabhoomi, leading conversion of a 'mass' from Hinduism to Buddhism. The Ordinance makes this a crime [3/n]