Click to play videoNew Delhi: A day after the Allahabad High Court’s controversial ruling that Muslims in Uttar Pradesh should not be considered a minority anymore, the ruling Samajwadi Party swung into action.
The Mulayam Singh-led government on Friday moved post-haste to file a review petition in Allahabad High Court against its ruling.
Advocate General S M A Kazmi filed the review petition in the Court on behalf of the government, which was accepted by the court.
The hearing is likely to begin at 1400 hrs (IST) on Friday.
The move comes after Justice S N Srivastava ruled - after considering various criteria including the population of Muslims as enumerated in the census reports of 1951 and 2001 – that Muslims will not be considered as minority in the state.
The court said the UP government should treat members of the Muslim community as equal to those belonging to the non-minority communities without discrimination in accordance with law.
Terming the ruling as "unfortunate", Yadav on Thursday said that his government would file an appeal against the High Court order.
"This judgement is a very unfortunate one. We will definitely appeal and get the order revised," he was quoted as saying.
In fact, Muslims are considered a major vote base for the Samajwadi Party, which is fighting a tough battle in these elections to retain power in the state.
The judgement was given on a writ petition filed by a Madarsa of Ghazipur district, challenging out of turn grant-in-aid to certain other minority institutions.
The SP, in fact, sent an assurance in as many words, saying the party would press for a law in Parliament to ensure that they be treated as religious minority in the state, if necessary.
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