AMROHA: Syed Moazziz Husain Naqvi, member working committee U.P. Muslim Lea­gue, Member U.P. Muslim League Parlia­mentary Board, has issued the following statement to the press:

Mr. Ali Zaheer in his letter to Mr. Jinnah has claimed separate rights for Shias. This demand has got no sanction of Shias of U.P. behind it. Influenced by the transitory Shia Sunni tension of Lucknow, Syed Ali Zaheer has been demanding separate rights for Shias. For the last three years he has been trying to give an all India colour to his demands. But the fact is that the so called All India Shia Political Conference is not a representative conference of Shias. It has no branches…

Since the reorganisation of Muslim League in 1937, the Shias of India have given ample proof of their full confidence in the policy of the All India Muslim League by solidly supporting the Muslim League candidates in the bye elections in Punjab, U.P., Bihar and Frontier. In U.P., Shias solidly sup­­­­­ported league candidates in the bye elections in Amroha, Buland-shahar and Saharanpur. Raja Gha­zanfar Ali Khan has done a great service to the Shias in repudiating the demands of Mr. Zah­eer on behalf of Punjab Shias….

Published in Dawn, November 23rd, 2019