Bantwal Town police arrested Ashraf Thalappady, the Dakshina Kannada district secretary of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), along with other district leaders, for issuing a protest call on Friday despite being denied permission by the police.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted extensive raids on the offices of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) across multiple states, including Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan, on Thursday.
Syed Sadatullah Hussaini, President of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, has expressed deep concern over the recent arrest of M.K. Faizy, National President of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Inaugurating the rally and a public meeting, SDPI National General Secretary P. Abdul Majeed Faizy said, “The Waqf Amendment Bill, like the Citizenship Amendment Act, aims to undermine the identity of the nation’s Muslims and deprive them of their rights; hence, it is unconstitutional and discriminatory.”
"Hiba Fathima, the 13-year-old daughter of my son, weeps and questions why justice for her father is elusive," recounts Salim, the father of slain SDPI leader K.S. Shan.
Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) national secretariat held at Bengaluru on 19 January observed that the land on which the Ram temple has been built is the Waqf land of Babri Masjid and it will remain so, despite the construction of a temple on the land.