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Q. 1 The parties like Insaf Party, Indian Union Muslim League and defunct Muslim Majlis are also striving for a United Muslim Party. How would you tackle these issues with them so that a United Platform is created? Q. 2 How would you settle the leadership issue in a united Muslim party? Q. 3 Do you have a plan of collective leadership? Q. 4 Do you have a common minimum programme where you can unite and demonstrate your integrity as a Community and Party? Q. 5 The non-political Muslim organizations may oppose you on the ground that you do not deal with present issues affecting Muslims? How do you satisfy them? Q. 6 The non-political Muslim organizations may feel erosion in their revenue due to your fund collection. How would you pacify their opposition? Q. 7 How do you plan to grant respective participation for different sects of Muslims in the proposed united Muslim political party?



Q. 1 The parties like Insaf Party, Indian Union Muslim League and defunct Muslim Majlis are also striving for a United Muslim Party. How would you tackle these issues with them so that a United Platform is created?

Ans: The Muslim political parties have very limited influence on Muslim vote bank. Most of them are confined to a particular region or in scattered urban pockets. In the rural areas and among poor Muslim artisans, laborers and peasants these parties have almost negligible presence. Their political activities are merely to issue press notes and organizing workers' meetings in same urban areas. So far mass involvement is not there. All these political parties have realized the gravity of the situation. They cannot claim on the majority of Muslim vote bank with out collaborating with each other. The process of formation of a United Muslim Political Front has already started at U.P. state level. If this experiment is successful then it can be applied elsewhere also. PPI has submitted a 9-page document in Urdu entitled 'Nuqta-e-Nazar'. It discusses in detail the success and failure of the past attempts for political unity. At length it has been discussed that what should be the organizational set up of the Front and how conflicts can be amicably resolved. It has also identified the prospective opponents of the United Front and has proposed time bound action plan.


Q. 2 How would you settle the leadership issue in a united Muslim party?

Ans: The idea of the formation of a United Muslim Party is not based on real grounds. The Muslim parties who have acquired their social and political identity after a long struggle will not be ready to surrender it for the sake of a 'single Muslim Political Party' dream. Any attempt in this direction is a futile exercise. However, the possibility of the confederation of all Muslim political parties has been explored and it is encouraging that Muslim political parties have in principle agreed for a United Muslim Front. The modalities have to be worked out which is already in progress. The Muslim political parties can retain their social and political identity and yet unite in the form of a Front on the basis of common minimum programme, joint manifesto and joint political strategies. In this way they can project themselves as a united political entity as is the case with Left Front and other political alliances. This coalition can share the political power structure with other political parties.


Q. 3 Do you have a plan of collective leadership?

Ans: There cannot be any alternative to collective leadership in the organizational structure of a United Muslim Front. A detail document has already been circulated among leaders of Muslim political parties. PPI proposed that the Presidium of United Front would have Presidents of all the constituents. This will be the highest decision making body. The members of the Presidium will select by consensus one are among them as the convener of the Front. He will act as the top executive and function on the basis of laid down principle of collective leadership and consensus within the Presidium on important policy matters. His tenure will be fixed which can be further extended if the Presidium decides so.


Q. 4 Do you have a common minimum programme where you can unite and demonstrate your integrity as a Community and Party?

Ans: PPI has its well-defined political agenda and strategies. It is trying to convince the constituents of the United Front to adopt this as the Front policy. However, other parties also have their agenda and it seems that within the United Muslim Front consensus can emerge on the basis of a common minimum programme. This could be summarized as. Only United Front will be authorized to negotiate with other political parties for any kind of electoral alliance. No individual constituent can do so separately. There will be only one candidate of the Front and any difference in the seat adjustment will be solved within the Front Forum. No constituent of the Front will politically criticise the individuals or organizations within the Front. Preferably criticism of the Muslim social, political and religious personalities in public should be avoided. However, if the criticism is inevitable it should be political and not personal. United Muslim Front will issue a joint manifesto for election. There will not be separate manifesto. The Front will organize public rallies. The mere presence of the leaders of the Muslim Political Parties will be sufficient to convince that Muslim political leadership is united. It will help a lot in the unity of Muslim vote bank. Front will organise mass contact programme to make people politically aware. The feedback from the local people will help in assessing the felt need of Muslims in that area. Political strategies can be formulated or solve this problem at the local level. This effort will build confidence in the local leadership and Muslim populace that something real and concrete is being addressed. Finally, a massive rally will be convened in the state capital to demonstrate the political strength of the Front.


Q. 5 The non-political Muslim organizations may oppose you on the ground that you do not deal with present issues affecting Muslims? How do you satisfy them?

Ans: PPI is a political organization for the political empowerment of the Muslims. The political empowerment is not totally based on electoral process. Merely having some seats in parliament and assemblies does not indicate the empowerment of any community. PPI has its policy and strategy for total empowerment of Muslims and not merely electoral empowerment. This may be a mean to achieve the ultimate goal not the end point. PPI will devote only 25% of its energy in the electoral process, remaining 75% will be spent of socio-economic reconstruction which is infact the real issue. PPI will make political issue of the problems faced by Muslim artisan, peasants, traders, employees, women and youth and will launch meaningful goal oriented programmes to solve these issues a the local level as well as on country level. PPI feels that Muslims are being discriminated in recruitment process in civil administration and security forces. An agitation will be launched for special drive for the recruitment of Muslims in police, paramilitary and security forces. The Muslim youth will be trained for this purpose and government will be compelled to held recruitment camps in Muslim majority areas. Right for religious freedom, protection of human rights, issues against atrocities of state machinery against Muslims will all be addressed forcefully. In brief, it is the policy of PPI to pursue the goal of political empowerment along with the proces of social reconstruction. For PPI, every social construction process is patronised, originated, propagated and protected under political umbrella. Without a powerful political umbrella neither educational nor socio-economic advancement of any community can take place. The Muslim community has to carve its dignified place in the political system of the country


Q. 6 The non-political Muslim organizations may feel erosion in their revenue due to your fund collection. How would you pacify their opposition?

Ans: As far as possible, PPI will avoid competition in fund collection. PPI members will be principal donors for the party fund. The charitable organizations mostly strive for Sadaqus, Fitra and Zakat etc. PPI does not intend to compete for these primary sources for charitable institutions.


Q. 7 How do you plan to grant respective participation for different sects of Muslims in the proposed united Muslim political party?

Ans: PPI has generated database regarding all sects and castes within the Muslim community. It will try to give proportional representation to these subgroups based on their numerical strength and socio-political status.



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