India policy: Police block Muslim conference in Pune
Majlis-e-Ittahadul Muslimeen is the newest Muslim group which surpassed all expectations in recent state elections
AIMIM president and MP Asaduddin Owaisi. PHOTO: AIMIM.IN
NEW DEHLI:
Police on Monday refused to allow a newly formed Muslim political grouping to hold a conference in Pune. Instead, the grouping was advised by the police to organise the public meeting in an enclosed hall.
It is still not clear what the AIMIM conference was meant to address. But rather than cause disaffection in Pune, the district administration opted to cancel the AIMIM meeting though under pressure from the local political groups including the Shiv Sena. It is entirely unsurprising that when the AIMIM tried to hold a meeting in communally-charged Pune in the state of Maharashtra, the state government refused the permission to it.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 3rd, 2015.
Police on Monday refused to allow a newly formed Muslim political grouping to hold a conference in Pune. Instead, the grouping was advised by the police to organise the public meeting in an enclosed hall.
The All India Majlis-e-Ittahadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is the newest Muslim group which surpassed all expectations in the recent state elections in Maharashtra.
Earlier, Golibar Maidan in Pune was being allotted for the public conference, titled ‘Muslim Arakshan Parishad’, scheduled to be held on February 4. The gathering was believed to be addressed by the AIMIM president and MP Asaduddin Owaisi.
It is still not clear what the AIMIM conference was meant to address. But rather than cause disaffection in Pune, the district administration opted to cancel the AIMIM meeting though under pressure from the local political groups including the Shiv Sena. It is entirely unsurprising that when the AIMIM tried to hold a meeting in communally-charged Pune in the state of Maharashtra, the state government refused the permission to it.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 3rd, 2015.