Simply as AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal introduced the Pujari Granthi Samman Scheme on the occasion headquarters, promising Rs 18,000 a month to pandits working in temples and granthis in gurdwaras if the occasion returns to energy in subsequent yr’s Meeting polls, a protest by the All India Imam Affiliation (AIIA) broke out at his residence.
Sajid Rashidi, AIIA chairman, claimed the AAP authorities has not launched funds to the Delhi Waqf Board to pay salaries to imams and maulvis for the final 17 months regardless of a number of requests. “And now they announce a scheme for pujaris and granthis… as polls are nearing. What about us? Don’t you care in regards to the Muslim voters who elected you?…”
Rashidi mentioned salaries to imams have been given by the federal government since 1970 by way of the waqf board; at current, there are round 240 imams within the metropolis below the board.
“Imams have been operating round… We met Chief Minister Atishi, the Lieutenant Governor, and senior and junior officers involved for the previous six months and we’re but to get our salaries… You at the moment are making hole guarantees to pujaris and granthis… How will you pay them? It means you’ve cash to pay them and never us… Musalamno ko chhod di aapne… Humara vote nahi chahiye ya maina nahi rakhta aapko (You might have deserted Muslims. Both you don’t need our votes or our votes don’t imply something to you),” alleged Rashidi.
AIIA additionally gave an ultimatum to the AAP authorities to launch their salaries in two days, else imams will sit on an indefinite protest exterior Kejriwal’s residence. Delhi authorities sources, nonetheless, mentioned directions to clear the backlog of salaries had been issued two days in the past. “Now we have confronted issues with disbursal of funds for a number of schemes due to variations of opinion with the forms. However the salaries of imams needs to be cleared quickly,” an official mentioned.
Rashidi additionally alleged that the imam affiliation has been attempting to satisfy Kejriwal however he didn’t make time: “We first went to satisfy Kejriwal final Thursday to no avail… Officers gave us time to come back on Saturday however he didn’t meet us that day both… We even visited his home however weren’t allowed to satisfy him.”
Expressing dissatisfaction and anger in the direction of the AAP authorities, Rashidi mentioned, “There’s a good share of Muslim voters in Delhi. Non-payment of salaries to imams is not going to go down properly with the neighborhood…”
The affiliation additionally criticised the opposite ballot guarantees of AAP such because the Mahila Samman Rashi Yoajana and Sanjeevani Yojana. “You might be asserting these schemes and your authorities is disowning them… Launch salaries below already applied schemes earlier than the polls in order that the general public can consider your guarantees…,” he mentioned.
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