RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, Nov.11: The district administration stayed the process for the election of the Anjuman Islamia Managing Committee with immediate effect.
The action was taken following complaints of irregularities in the election process.
Deputy Commissioner Chhavi Ranjan has asked the deputy collector (land and revenue) and the circle officer of Chanho circle to probe the allegation of irregularities and submit their proper and clear report for further action in the matter.
An official at the deputy commissioner’s office said the matter came to the knowledge of the district administration through the chief executive officer of Jharkhand State Sunni Waqf Board. The board wrote to the deputy commissioner after it got instruction from the secretary of state SC, minority and backward welfare department following the information of concerned department minister Hafiz-ul-Hassan.
Earlier Lagatar 24.com had reported Hassan alleging that the names of 1845 votes appear in the voter list, suggesting that the election committee is under the influence of someone who added many names from those organisations running in remote areas of the district and are fake and left many those names from those organisations running in the city and are active.
President of Anjuman Islamia, Ibrar Ahmed, had supported minister Hassan saying even his name does not appear in the voter list and had demanded to hold the election under the supervision of the Waqf Board.
It was also reported that Ranchi Anjuman Islamia triennial election is likely to be stormy this year as the number of voters has so far risen to 1845 while it was only 900 last time.
Apart from this, political parties have also started taking interest in it realizing its influence among the Muslim community across the state and regular increase in its assets during the past six years. The parties have decided to field their candidates.
This time candidates from rural areas will also contest for the one post of president, one post of vice president and one post of general secretary besides 12 posts of executive committee members.
An insider said that ‘Assets of Anjuman Islamia are regularly increasing. Anjuman Hospital and Maulana Azad College, which were not part of Anjuman Islamia, have become its part during the tenure of Ahmed. Apart from this, its income has also increased. Thus those who earlier did not take interest in its election have become active. All will play their role this time.’
Anjuman Islamia, was established on August 15, 1917 by Maulana Azad, to run Madara Islamia in Upper Bazar after Azad reached Ranchi in April 1916. It is a central organisation of Muslims.
