All India Muslim Majlis( ur, آل انڈیا
مسلم مجلس) is a Muslim
political party
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in
India
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based in
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...
.
History
Muslim Majlis was founded by Abdul Jaleel Faridi in 1968, after he had become disillusioned with the
Samyukt Vidhayak Dal
''Samyukta Vidhayak Dal'' was coalition of parties formed in several north Indian states after the 1967 assembly elections, made up of the Bharatiya Kranti Dal, the Samyukta Socialist Party, the Praja Socialist Party and the Jana Sangh. The coali ...
. In 1977 two Muslim Majlis members were elected to the
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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on the
Janata Party
The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...
symbol. Following the death of Faridi the influence of the party declined.
After the death of Faridi, Alhaj Zulfiqarulla became the president and after that Mohd. Qamar Alam Kazmi became the president of All India Muslim Majlis.
In 1992 Qamar Alam Kazmi raised his voice against the demolition of Babri Masjid. He started Karwane Insaf (Nyay Yatra) against the
Ram Rath Yatra
The ''Ram Rath Yatra'' was a political and religious rally that lasted from September to October 1990. It was organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its Hindu nationalist affiliates, and led by the then-president of the BJP, L. K. ...
of Advani. He did several of Dharnas, Morchas etc. in between the period of his presidency.
In 2002 Muslim Majlis joined the
Awami Front
Awami Front (Popular Front), was a front of six Muslim political parties in Uttar Pradesh, India. AF was formed ahead of the 2002 state assembly elections.
The initiative of formation the front was taken by Indian Muslim Political Conference (w ...
, but later left it under the presidency of Qamar Alam Kazmi. After Kazmi, Khalid Sabir was elected as president on 18 August 2002.
The youth wing of the party is called All India Youth Majlis. The president of the youth wing is
Mohammad Kashif Yunus
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.
Muslim Majlis later joined
Uttar Pradesh United Democratic Front
Uttar Pradesh United Democratic Front (abbr. UPUDF) also called ad United Democratic Front was a political party founded by Syed Ahmed Bukhari, Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid on 10 June 2006. The party was allied with 6 other parties including All I ...
led by ex-minister
Janab C.M. Ibrahim
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