A new political party, Welfare Party of India, with core members drawn for the first time from the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), will be launched here on Monday.
S.Q.R. Ilyas of the JIH clarified that it would not be a Muslim party but a secular party with members drawn from the Jamaat as well as from across religions, regions and castes. But importantly, “the JIH has spared some of its members for participation in the party.”
This is a first for the JIH, whose members have thus far been prohibited from joining political parties.
The Jamaat's stand till now was that the organisation as a whole could offer support to a party or give guidance to people on whom to vote, but its members could not join any party.
