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After carrying out a very provocative unauthorised rally in the coastal town of Ullal in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, the Popular Front of India (PFI), an Islamic fundamentalist organisation, again carried out an unauthorised march in Tamil Nadu’s Mayiladuthurai and Kayalpatnam, reports Organiser.
A few days back, the PFI had held a rally in Malappuram in which 5,000 Muslims, donning the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh uniform were shown handcuffed, and thousands of Muslim men dressed in traditional attire marched with swords in their hands.
They say flattery is the best form of imitation and the PFI march is a copy of RSS’s pathsanchalan. However, when the RSS holds an event it has all the permission from the local authorities, unlike the PFI.
On the 17th of this month, PFI carried out a ‘Unity March’ to celebrate its 8th anniversary in Mayiladuthurai which is also a district headquarter.
National Women Front state president Fathima Aalima, addressing the gathering said, “The country has gone into the hands of robbers from Britishers. We need another freedom struggle to retrieve India from them and for that PFI is the right choice. We will rally behind them always in this cause.”
State President Md. Sheik Ansari in his address accused the BJP of being ‘fascist’ and said, “I appeal to all forces that believe in Democracy and unity. The fascist BJP is misusing police machinery by foisting false cases including defamation charges on whoever opposes its dividing policies. It targets particularly PFI. We will not be cowed down by such pressure and intimidation tactics. I appeal to public support PFI.”
SDPI state secretary Abdul Hameed said, “PFI raises the Unity slogan against this communal BJP which divides people on the religious lines. The BJP, in collusion with RSS and Sangh Parivar outfits, are trying to bring in the Manu based non-secular rule in India.”
Most of the speakers in the meet spoke against BJP, RSS and Sangh affiliated organisations with false narratives.
Indu Makkal Katchi chief Arjun Sampath said, “Muslims in Kerala demanded a ban on Hindu holy ‘Omkaram’ as it is against Islam and their religious belief. Now their population has crossed to 40 per cent unofficially. Their original masks have been revealed. Hindutva is on the brink of danger in God’s own land. Still believing that all religions are equal, shall we deceive ourselves? Or shall we protect our Dharma and our Bharat? SDPI and PFI have to be banned to protect Bharat. Kerala is an example that when they once become the majority, they try to dictate terms of how to be ruled. In Kerala, both communal and communist forces joined hands. Hindus are facing grave danger from them.”
Sampath also condemned the Tamil Nadu government for allowing Muslim women with 28 per cent qualifying marks in the police selection test and said that for a woman in general quota it is 47, ST 44, widows 28 while for Muslim 28 per cent. He said such appeasement is not even practised in Kashmir where Muslims are a majority.
The leader of the Indu Makkal Katchi demanded an end to preferential treatment for Muslim men and women in police recruitment because anti-social elements, fundamentalists and terrorists can infiltrate into police machinery and called for merit-based selection and not back-door entry policy.
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