By Muslim Mirror Staff
New Delhi: The Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi party and Islamic organisation Raza Academy on 30 June demanded five per cent reservation for Muslims and implementation of a law to take action against people making ”insulting” remarks against Prophet Muhammad.
Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, the party’s chief Prakash Ambedkar and the organisation’s president Saeed Noori said that the five per cent reservation should be granted to put an end to the backwardness of Muslims and the Prophet Muhammad Bill should be passed to ensure ”strict” action against people ”insulting” the prophet.
According to a report in Inquilab, an Urdu newspaper, the draft bill related to Prophet Muhammad will be presented by BJP MLA Kapil Patil in the assembly session slated to start on 5 July.
5 per cent reservation was granted to Muslims in 2013 by NCP and Congress-led government in the state. But this was revoked by BJP and Shiv Sena-led government in 2014. When the matter was brought to the Bombay High Court it ruled in favour of reservation for Muslims. However, the state governments have failed to restore reservation for Muslims despite the court order.
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