Bengaluru Ulemas meet MLA Srinivas Murthy whose house was destroyed in Bengaluru riots
Offer to construct new house for MLA
Bengaluru: A delegation of the Muslim religious scholars, led by Amir e Shariat Maulana Sageer Ahmad Khan along with MLA Zamir Ahmad Khan on Friday, met MLA Akhanda Srinivas Murthy at his residence and expressed sympathy and moral support to him. Recently his house was torched by miscreants during the protest against an alleged defamatory post by a relative of MLA.
After inspecting the loss incurred by the MLA, Moulana Sageer Ahmad Khan consoled the legislator and requested him not to lose courage. He said, "Almighty is always with those who are patient". Moulana reiterated to stand by him in the time of distress.
Moulana in his address to MLA said he condemns derogatory remarks on Prophet and also mob taking laws in their hands, damaging the public property and disrupting the peace. Islam is completely against such acts, he said.
Maulana Sagir Ahmad Khan said, "We all Ulemas will build a house for him". MLA in his response said that he would himself build his house and requested for the blessings of Ulemas.
Later, while addressing the reporters Zamir Ahmad Khan said that the religious leaders have offered to build a house for the legislator, If he agrees, the Ulemas will construct a house with their own money. Khan said the Police have arrested the main accused in the incident. He appealed not to take law in their own hands instead urged to fight for justice through legal struggle.
During this visit Maulana Syed Mustafa Rifai, Maulana Syed Shabbir Ahmad Nadvi, Maulana Aasim, Mufti Shamsuddin, Maulana Zulfiqar Raza Noori and many others were present.
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Congress names candidates for 8 Haryana LS seats, fields Kumari Selja, Deepender Hooda
Chandigarh (PTI): The Congress on Thursday announced candidates for eight of the nine Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Haryana, fielding former Union minister Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda and youth leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, besides two sitting MLAs.
The party has also fielded former MP Jai Prakash and leaders Satpal Brahmachari and Mahendra Pratap, according to the list released late Thursday evening.
The Congress is contesting nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. It has not yet announced its candidate for the Gurugram constituency.
The Aam Aadmi Party, a constituent of the opposition INDIA bloc, will contest the Kurukshetra seat.
Congress general secretary and former Union minister Selja will contest from the Sirsa (reserved) seat and sitting MLAs Varun Choudhary and Rao Dan Singh from the Ambala (reserved) and the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seats, respectively.
Deepender Hooda, son of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, will enter the fray from Rohtak. He has represented the Rohtak parliamentary constituency three times in the past.
Jai Prakash has been fielded from Hisar, the Congress' Haryana youth wing president Divanshu Budhiraja from Karnal, Satpal Brahmachari from Sonipat and Mahendra Pratap from Faridabad.
