Mumbai: Muslim groups on Sunday demanded reservations in politics and jobs on the basis of population.
A resolution to this effect was passed at the Maharashtra Muslim Convention, hosted jointly by the All India Ulema Council and Mumbai Aman Committee, at the Anjuman-e-Islam near Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.
The resolution said that besides Parliament, state assemblies and councils, representation on the basis of population must be given to Muslims in the police, bureaucracy, local bodies and private institutions.
The convention also appealed to Muslims to unite and prevail upon political parties to give representation to them on the basis of population ratio.
President of the All India Ulema Council, Maulana Zahiruddin Khan, said that since independence, the Muslim community has not been given proper representation.
The newly elected leader of the United Democratic Front (UDF), Badruddin Kasmi, said Muslims should not have a different political party.
UDF had won 11 seats in the assembly elections in Assam.
"It is not at all required. What is needed is that they should shake hands with the down-trodden, farmers, fisherfolk and oppressed sections of society and demand proper representation," said Badruddin Kasmi.
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