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The last of his supporters seemed to desert Darul Uloom Deoband head Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi on Thursday,with Maulana Badruddin Ajmal placing his political interests in Assam over batting for him.
How long can you accompany someone? After all,one has to go to his grave alone, Ajmal said. Ajmal,an MP from Assam,is a member of the Majlis-e-Shoora,the managing committee of the Darul-Uloom. Ajmal,Vastanvis most vocal supporter,did not attend the Shooras Wednesday meeting,which was seen as a sign of things to come.
Sources in Deoband confirmed that Vastanvi is likely to bow out by Ramzan. However,he will go only after his name is cleared of the Modi slur by the three-member inquiry committee that will look into the events of the last 40 days.
Ajmal said that his decision not to travel to Deoband was taken at the eleventh hour. I decided not to go after receiving multiple threats. I even had to take my children out of the seminary the day before.., he said. He did not elaborate on the threats he had received.
Ajmal has extended an olive branch to the V-C in-waiting,going so far as to call Maulana Abul Qasi Banarasi the new V-C. I talked to Maulana Banarasi,and congratulated him on his appointment… I supported him when he was appointed caretaker V-C when the former V-C died. All these problems would not have happened if he was allowed to stay on permanently, he said.
