Sunday, April 17, 2011
Mujtaba Farooque of Aurangabad has been elected as the president of Welfare Party of India. When the nation is at cross roads, here comes the good news. He is one of the dynamic leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and has served the Islamic movement in various capacities.
He belongs to Aurangabad and was attracted to the Islamic movement in his student days. Since then he has never turned back and has devoted his entire life for the mission of establishing Deen - Way of life provided by God - in all walks of life. He is known for his organising capabilities and has been state chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Maharashtra for some time. He has been actively involved in various socio, economic and political causes. He was there in Dharna against the blatant, cold blooded murder of innocent youth in Batla Nagar. He was there in Assam during last Assembly election organising the tedious task of consolidating votes of the weaker sections for the common good. He has always been in the forefront in the struggle towards a just, peaceful and harmonious society in India. Let us pray he succeeds in his mission.
Dr S. Q. R. Ilyas, Prof Sohail Ahmed Khan, Prof Rama Panchal, Mrs Khalida Parveen and Mr P. C. Hamza have been made the General Secretaries of the Welfare Party of India.
Besides Mrs Lalitha Naik, Father Abraham Joseph, Mr Zafarul Islam Khan, Mr Abdul Wahab Khilji and Moulana Ilyas Azmi have been elected as Vice-Presidents of the Welfare Party of India. Mr Abdus Salam Vaniyambalam of Kerala has been made the Treasurer of the Welfare Party of India.
Prof. Rama Surya Rao, Mr Akhtar Husain Akhtar, Advocate Aamir Rasheed and Mr Subramani have been elected as the Secretaries of the Welfare Party of India. Thus the composition of the party shows the support it has received from all sections of the society in India.
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| Flag of the Welfare Party of India |
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| Mujtaba Farooq, newly elected President of Welfare Party of India |
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| Zafarul Islam Khan, one of the five Vice-Presidents of Welfare Party of India |
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| Dr SQR Ilyas, General Secretary of the Welfare Party of India |
The dawn of the welfare party is significant in the sense that the so called welfare state itself has abandoned the concern for the welfare of the people. What we have now is TWO Indias. (1) IPL India and (2) BPL India. And hopefully the Welfare Party of India would take up the cause of the BPL India. Insha Allah
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| Mujtaba Farooq addressing a workshop in Karnataka (file photo) |
Vision, Values and Road map of Welfare Party
The Welfare Party will try to forge an alliance with secular and like-minded parties in order to expand its political horizon. The JIH is said to have thousands and thousands of dedicated workers spread across India in addition to lakhs of supporters. A source said that the new party will not compete with existing like-minded parties but will work and ally with them taking care not to disturb areas where they have base and strength. It will fight against corruption and casteism which threaten to destroy the country.
Below is the full text of the concept paper of the party:
WELFARE PARTY: WHY AND HOW?
On the world map, India is a happening place now. Our successful experiment of an independent democratic society has become an exemplary model in itself. Our economic growth is attracting worldwide attention. The world is in awe of the talents of our scientists, technocrats, and professionals. The Indians are consistently escalating their ratio among the wealthiest individuals in the world.
But the tragedy of this splendid advancement is that its fruits are viciously confined to a tiny section of the society. Despite this unprecedented growth, the majority of our people are not able to fulfil even their basic needs. We are among the fastest growing economies, but still more than half of the world’s poorest, hungriest and the most deprived people live in our country.
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A report in Arab News:
Welfare Party of India launched
The new party is likely to test political waters in the Uttar Pradesh assembly election next year. "We are ready to align with like-minded groups and initiate discussion with them," said Farooque. Jamaat has welcomed Dalits and other backward castes to join the party.
The Welfare Party of India aims at reforming Indian politics and realizing a welfare state based on moral values and governed by the principles of justice, freedom, equality and fraternity.
"To achieve this objective, the party will launch massive public campaigns and will awaken the socio-political public consciousness," a Jamaat official said. "It will try to inculcate among the common people the self esteem, the self confidence and the ambition and courage to fight oppression and exploitation. It will try to promote able and virtuous leadership among masses and advance alternative politics in the country," he added.
A news report in Arab News. More Here.
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| Massive gathering in the launching programme of the Welfare Party of India |
A report in Milli Gazette
Welfare Party of India to launch a new struggle for freedom
The Welfare party will be backed by reputed social and civil society movements and will strive for thriving an alternative politics and shall attempt to emerge on the horizon of Indian politics as the voice of voiceless, the hope for justice and as a harbinger of a new India.
The hundred founders of the party belong to varied backgrounds, communities, classes and social groups and they will soon launch mass-contact campaigns to enroll people of outstanding moral repute and flawless character. Only those individuals will be allowed an entry into the party who can prove by word and deed, their commitment to the values and vision of the party.
This will not be just another party engaged in power politics. This will be rather a movement for reforming the Indian Politics and will try to realise a welfare state based on moral values and governed by the principles of Justice, Freedom, Equality and Fraternity.
It is not for short term political gains; it has rather embarked on a long term mission to evolve an alternative political culture in the country.
To achieve this objective, the Party will launch massive public campaigns and will awaken the socio-political public consciousness. It will try to inculcate in common man the self esteem, the self confidence and the ambition and courage to fight the oppression and exploitation. It will try to promote able and virtuous leadership among masses and shall try to advance alternative politics in the country through this social struggle.
The criminalisation of Politics, the Communalisation of Politics, the Commercialisation of Politics and the Sectarianisation of Politics are the biggest evils of our prevailing political culture. These evils have created such a rot in Indian body-politic that the people are disgusted with the whole class of politicians. This is a very dangerous situation and if unchecked, poses a serious threat to democracy.
It is the high time a new struggle for freedom is launched and a mighty social and public resistance is raised against these evils. This only will cleanse the Indian polity and revive the faith and trust of people in the democratic institutions.
Vision and Values of the Party
Welfare Party of India shall try to promote an alternative politics in the country that is firmly rooted in high standards of morality and ethical values and that is free from crimes, corruption, selfishness and all kinds of narrow-minded prejudices
Welfare Party of India will aim at the establishment of a welfare state. Party believes that sufficient nutritious food, decent clothing, proper shelter, essential health care and elementary education are among the fundamental human rights and it is the duty of a welfare state to fulfill these basic needs of each of its citizens.
Welfare Party of India envisages speedy growth in industry, trade, commerce and the national economy. But it shall try to reform the economy in a way as to ensure that the processes of development and wealth creation are properly regulated by the obligations of justice and equality.
Welfare Party of India shall promote the true spirit of democracy. Party believes in democracy not in the sense of mere majorityism but in the sense of inclusiveness and pluralism. A true democratic society is one that addresses the needs and demands of every section of the society and that ensures that every section contentedly fulfills its aspirations.
Welfare Party of India envisages a society where all cultures have full opportunities to thrive and develop. The concept of federalism that party believes covers the cultural federalism along with geographic and linguistic federalism.
The convention was addressed by the party leaders including its president Mujtaba Farooque, Ilyas Azmi, Dr. Zafarul -Islam Khan, Mrs. Lalitha Naik, Maulana Abdul Wahab Khilji, Dr. Rama Panchal, Fr. Abraham Joseph , Dr. S.Q.R. Ilyas and others.