Jamiat Chief Says Congress's Leniency Let Communal Politics Grow

Overview

• Arshad Madani, president of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, posted a lengthy critique on X alleging Congress failed to act against religion‑based politics of hatred.
• He argued that if communalism had been crushed immediately after Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination, the country could have avoided later damage.
• Madani claimed Congress treated communal groups with leniency and avoided strict legal action, which allowed them to strengthen over time.
• He said Jamiat leaders secured pre‑independence written assurances from Congress on a secular Constitution and full minority freedoms, and that repeated warnings to act firmly were ignored.
• Asserting that constitutional and democratic values are now being openly trampled, he added that Congress would not have been ousted from power had it taken a strict stand earlier, and reports did not include a Congress response.