Dalit-Muslim Front To Defeat Congress-NCP

Bombay: The All-India Ulema Councii, Jamate Islami, the Jamate-Ulema and others met here on Feb.4 to review the Municipal election results and expressed satisfaction over the defeat of the Congress and the NCP for ignoring the Muslims and the Dalits. They decided to strengthen the Third Front and formed a pressure group called the “Minority Political Group” (MPG) to unite the Muslims, Dalits and the working class. MPG is being led by the Maulana Khalid Ashraf, a noted Sunni leader, and Maulana Mehmood Daryabadi, general secretary of the All-India Ulema Council. The group will also review the work of the 13 corporators elected under the banner of the third font. The primary agenda of the group is to defeat the Congress and the NCP in the coming Assembly elections in 2009