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Jamat criticises Advani’s remark

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan unit of Jamat-e-Islami Hind has taken strong exception to Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani finding “communal overtones” in the Union budget for 2008-09 and accused him of using the meagre allocations for minorities as a fodder for his hate campaign.

Mr. Advani had said: “I am surprised at the heavy communal overtones of the budget. It is a throwback to the Liaqat Ali days, the consequences of which are well-known.”

JIH State president Mohammed Salim said here on Sunday that Mr. Advani’s rhetoric trying to connect the 2008-09 budget with the pre-partition politics smacked of his communal mindset that refuses to see the need for bringing minorities to the mainstream of development.

“Liaqat Ali Khan, as secretary of the Muslim League, was one of the main architects of Pakistan. His political beliefs and activities as a member of the United Provinces Legislative Council in 1930’s and later the Central Legislative Assembly have no relevance whatsoever to the present era in independent India,” said Mr. Salim.

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