In the
course of his Friday sermon of 23 May 2014 ~ (23 Rajab 1435 Hijri)
the Khalifatullah Hadhrat Munir Ahmad Azim Sahib (atba) of Mauritius took note
of, and spoke briefly on, the recently concluded general elections in India and
the consequent political changes unfolding in the country. The dismal fortunes of the long
ruling Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty in the elections is in line with the
larger global trend of popular anger against abuse of power and the cancer of
corruption eating into the vitals of the polity and impacting on people's everyday lives. The extraordinary popular
mandate for the leadership of Narendra Mody and his Bharatiya Janata Party, the
right-wing, Hindu party in the country, presents him with an uncommon
opportunity to serve the nation and the world. The Khalifatullah (atba) and the
Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam International,
including the national branches of the Jamaat in India, wish all success for Narendra
Modi in his great responsibility as the Prime Minister-elect of India.
Read
the Extracts from the Friday Sermon:
Before
ending, I would like to say some words on the recent parliamentary elections in
India which have been those of all records. ( Inset:
The
vote count gave its verdict and the Hindu Nationalist Party of Narendra Modi
celebrated a crushing victory while the Congress party was severely beaten. The
Hindu Nationalist Party of Narendra Modi is promising a “new era” based on the
boosting of the economy after ten years of having the Congress Party in power. This
triumph of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) reshapes the Indian political
landscape, transforming the Hindu Nationalist Party in national political power
at the expense of the Congress Party of Gandhi-Nehru dynasty which has been
reduced to the bare; this being a hard blow to such a Party which was used to
leading the country. But the BJP leader is viewed with suspicion by the Muslim
minority since the 2002 riots in Gujarat.
Opposed
to the BJP, the Congress party comes out of these elections worn out after ten
years of power, scandals, corruption and they have been punished (by the
people) for their repeated incapability to revive growth and curb inflation. It
has quickly recognized its defeat and this could be the most scathing one in
its history. The Gandhi-Nehru dynasty in India faces a fight for survival after
an electoral drubbing at the hands of the opposition leader Narendra Modi.
In this century many
dynasties are disappearing, Insha-Allah, be it
at political level as well as at religious (spiritual) level (especially those
who take themselves as the heirs of the religious power, as if they are glued
to their seats of power, and they think nobody can get them out from there.
They forgot that there is a Creator of the universe who holds absolute power.
He does what He wills and He replaces what (or whomever) He wants.