LUCKNOW: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board ( AIMPLB ) is at loggerheads with the Congress-led UPA government. The board made it public by announcing to launch an agitation against some of the government's most publicized legislation and proposed measures.

The Board is upset by several clauses in the Right to Education Act , 2009, Waqf Amendment Bill 2011, Communal Violence Bill and Direct Taxes Code Bill, 2011.This has come at a time when Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is on a march in western UP to win over farmers and Muslims .

At a meeting held in Lucknow, the AIMPLB passed a resolution, stating that various provisions in Waqf Property Bill were incomplete. It said that the proposed Waqf Development Agency would have an adverse impact on the Waqf properties and the income would have to be shared, which would further hamper the interests of the Muslim community.

On Right to Education Act (RTE), the AIMPLB's resolution said that it would take away the rights of the minority institutions to offer religious education and mother tongue learning. The board has demanded that the madarssas and minority institutions should be exempted from the RTE Act 2009. About Direct Tax Code Bill, the AIMPLB expressed its difference on the grounds that it is going to end the concession given to the religious places, religious institutions, and charitable societies and anjumans in tax payment.

The AIMPLB is opposed to the draft bill on communal violence which ignored the role of provocative speeches, articles and rumours that often triggered communal violence. The bill is silent on identifying and punishing those responsible for making hate speeches, writing hate articles and fuelling rumours. Unless this provision is included, the communal violence bill will not serve any purpose, it stated.

According to Zafaryab Jilani, series of protest meetings will be held across the country including Lucknow over these issues after the month of Ramzan by AIMPLB. Protests and rallies would be held, starting from western UP from July. Such protests would be held in all major cities of the country. Muslim clerics and community leaders will expose UPA government's double standards on issues related to Muslims.

The AIMPLB's announcement assumes significance in the light of recent comments made by Union minister and Congress leader Salman Khursheed. He reportedly said that implementation of Sachar Committee report will lead to ghettoisation of Muslims. His observation was slammed by Muslim leaders across the country.

What has added to the worries of Congress is Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's announcement to support demands of the AIMPLB. Recently, AIMPLB member Kamal Farooqui joined the SP. Farooqui is also associated with several eminent Muslim organisations including All-India Milli Council.