NIA raids against PFI "conspiracy to finish Muslims", alleges Maulana Sajid Rashidi

New Delhi [India], September 23 : Slamming the Centre over the National Investigation Agency's nationwide crackdown against the Popular Front of India, Muslim cleric Maulana Sajid Rashidi on Friday dubbed it a "conspiracy to finish Muslims".
He claimed that attempts are being made to "ban" PFI.
His remarks came a day after the NIA and ED conducted raids against PFI on various locations in 15 states of the country, arresting 106 of its members.
Speaking to ANI, Muslim cleric Rashidi said, "The way Congress had banned SIMI, in the same way, attempts are being made to ban PFI. There should be action against the organisation which works against the country, but if you take action against the organisation only because it is working for the upliftment of Muslims, and you are trying to declare it a terror organisation, it is against the law and Constitution. These are the same people who dub the ones studying in a madrassa as terrorists. This is a conspiracy to finish Muslims."
He claimed that PFI's work for Muslims in Kerala is "commendable".
He also hit out at All India Imam Organisation's Umer Ahmed Ilyasi for calling Mohan Bhagwat "father of the nation" and said, "There are still people with the mindset of Godse. There is only one Rashtrapita, that is Mahatma Gandhi, the entire world knows about this.".
"I want to say to Mohan Bhagwat. On one side, you say that we have to save the Waqf property, and on the other hand, you go to an illegal property and sit with them," Rashidi added.