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Bukhari calls on Mulayam, seeks more Muslim
say in governance
Friday April 13, 2012 01:10:57 AM,
IANS
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Lucknow: An upset
Imam Bukhari of the Delhi Jama Masjid met Samajwadi Party (SP)
supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav
Thursday to voice his disappointment over the party denying his
brother a Rajya Sabha seat and also demanded fair representation
of Muslims in the government.
Emerging out of the hour-long meeting, Bukhari said he was "not
seeking any alms from the SP chief but was only batting for the
community". He said he was "feeling let down as adequate Muslim
representation was not given" in the state cabinet, the
legislative council or even the Rajya Sabha nominations.
"Eighty percent Muslims have voted for the SP this time round and
Mulayam Singh can only ignore them at his own peril," he warned.
Imam Bukhari also informed that Mulayam Singh Yadav promised him
two more Muslim faces in the cabinet of his son Akhilesh Yadav,
better representation for Muslim officials in the state
government, seat for his son-in-law Umar Khan, and a Muslim
candidate for the Legislative Council seat vacated by former chief
minister Mayawati.
Imam Bukhari has been cut up for the diatribe senior SP leader
Mohd Azam Khan has launched against him and had also threatened
the SP chief of severe reaction from the Muslim community if they
were not given their due. The hostilities had escalated after Azam
Khan called Bukhari a non-entity amongst the Muslim world and
dared him to contest the mayoral elections from Moradabad.
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