The Party was formally launched here on Monday after a national convention in which speakers after speakers came down heavily on the present-day politics and pledged that the new party would fight the criminalization, communalization and commercialization of political system of the country
Backed by prominent religious group the Jamaat- e- Islami Hind, the new party founders insisted that they would strive for an alternative politics and shall attempt to emerge on the horizon of Indian politics as the voice of voiceless, the hope for justice and as a harbinger of a new India.
“This will not be just another party engaged in power politics. This will be rather a movement for reforming the Indian Politics and will try to realize a welfare state based on moral values and governed by the principles of Justice, Freedom, Equality and Fraternity based on moral values in the country” they resolved.
Addressing the media after convention, newly elected President Mujtaba Farooq claimed that it was not an exclusive Muslim party but a secular party in true sense.
“It is being backed by reputed social and civil society movements and its founders belong to varied backgrounds, communities, classes and social groups” he said.
The party will soon launch mass-contact campaigns to enroll people of outstanding moral repute and flawless character and only those individuals will be allowed an entry into the party who can prove by word and deed, their commitment to the values and vision of the party, he added. Party leadership also pledged that it would not take any money from the corporate houses and run the party affairs on donation from the public.
On a question, party general secretary Dr SQR Ilyas made it clear that it is not for short term political gains; it has rather embarked on a long term mission to evolve an alternative political culture in the country.
The Party will son launch massive public campaigns and will awaken the socio-political public consciousness. It will try to inculcate in common man the self esteem, the self confidence and the ambition and courage to fight the oppression and exploitation. It will try to promote able and virtuous leadership among masses and shall try to advance alternative politics in the country through this social struggle.
Briefing about the party’s vision and values, former Karnataka minister Mrs. Lalitha Naik said the party would try to promote an alternative politics in the country that is firmly rooted in high standards of morality and ethical values and that is free from crimes, corruption, selfishness and all kinds of narrow-minded prejudices.
Party believes that sufficient nutritious food, decent clothing, proper shelter, essential healthcare and elementary education are among the fundamental human rights and it is the duty of a welfare state to fulfill these basic needs of each of its citizen’s not mere launching scheme for poor.
It also believes in democracy not in the sense of mere majorityism but in the sense of inclusiveness and pluralism. A true democratic society is one that addresses the needs and demands of every section of the society and that ensures that every section contentedly fulfils its aspirations.
It envisages a society where all cultures have full opportunities to thrive and develop. The concept of federalism that party believes covers the cultural federalism along with geographic and linguistic federalism.
The convention addressed by the party leaders including its president Mujtaba Farooque, Ilyas Azmi, Dr. Zafarul Islam Khan, Maulana Abdul Wahab Khilji, Dr. Rama Panchal, and Fr. Ibrahab Joseph, Dr. S.Q.R.Ilyas and Mrs Naik and others.