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members. An appreciable number of the l'unjah members also joined them. Thus out of the 8 crores ,of Indian. Muslims whose cause, the Ahrar leaders allege, they repref?ent, the representatives of the 3 crores of the Bengal Muslims in the Assembly and of tll,e 30 lacs of the Bihari Muslims and the representa- tives of 1/3 of the Muslims of the Punjab which comes up to about 40 lacs, and of the 30 lacs of the l\1uslims of Sind, by a$sociating themselves with the above statement have shown that at least! of the entire Indian Muslim Community do not view with favour the present activities of the Ahrars against the Ahmad. is. Of the remaining 4 crores as well there is nothing tp prove that they reg~rd the Ahrars as their represen- tatives. Only the views and opinions of those persons of highest intellect and ability whom the 1\1 uslim Community have elected as their representatives will carry weight and not of those whose lead no one is prepared to accept. So when the acknowledged spokemen of about 4 crores of the Indian Muslims have openly condemned and viewed with disfavour the present activities. of the Ahrars against the Ahmadis and the remaining 4 crores have remained silent, the Ahrars' claim of Muslim leadership is demonstrably shown to possess no foundation in fact. After all on what basis does this claim of their leader- s4ip rest? By what peculiar methods these self-styled leaders have ascertained the Muslim opinion and have found it to be in their favour. Let alone the entire 8 crores of Indian Muslims the Ahrars cannot possibly prove themselves to be the leaders and spokemen of even the whole of the Punjab Muslims. A few weeks ago in the party that was given in honour of Ch. Zafarullah Khan, 80/' 0 of the members of the Punjab Council participated, which means that at least as many Muslims of the Punjab regard the Ahrars as mere mischief-makers. They may now assert that Ch. Asadullah Khan's unopposed return to the Punjab Council was due to a technical mistake on the part of the rival candidate but how can the Ahrars ignore the fact that when some time back Ch. Zafarullah Khan was a candidate for the Sialkot constituency, the Ahrars, inspite of all their efforts and by using all their resources, could not get ev~ a single person to. op. pose