SP leader suspended for seeking Rajya Sabha nomination for Yakub Memon’s widow

Mangalore Today News Network

Mumbai, Aug 01, 2015:  The Samajwadi Party on Saturday suspended Maharashtra SP vice-president Mohammed Farooq Ghosi after he requested Mulayam Singh Yadav to nominate 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon’s wife as a Rajya Sabha MP.

Ghosi had even tried to water down the issue later by saying that what he wrote in the letter was his personal opinion. He had also said that he did not consult any party leader before sending the letter to Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Two days after Memon was hanged in the Nagpur Central Jail, Ghosi in a letter to Yadav had described Memon’s wife Raheen as "helpless".

"Raheen was in jail for many years. How much she would have suffered.. Today I find Raheen helpless and there are many such Muslims in the country who find themselves helpless and for whom we have to fight for. We should make Raheen a Rajya Sabha MP and make her the voice of weak and helpless people," Ghosi wrote.

State party president Abu Asim Azmi had distanced himself from the matter, saying that an explanation would be sought from Ghosi on the content of his letter.

Samajwadi Party’s national general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav, in a statement said, the party does not stand by Ghosi’s comment.

 

Courtesy: Zeenews