DETROIT (The Thursday Times) — Democratic Representative Haley Stevens ne Itwar ko apni jamaat ke Michigan se Senate ke ummeedwar Abdul El-Sayed ki hamayat wapas le li aur un ke Republican hareef Mike Rogers ki hamayat kar di, US midterm election ke liye voting se do din pehle, jis se tai ho sakta hai ke Senate ka control kis ke paas hoga.
Senate ke Democratic leader Chuck Schumer ne ise "ghinauni ghaddari" qarar diya. Michigan Democratic Party ke chair Curtis Hertel ne kaha ke Stevens state party ki "maujooda rukn nahin" hain, "aur na hi mustaqbil mein hongi". Aath saal se un ke chief of staff Justin German ne kaha ke woh aur un ke congressional staff ke kai arkan istifa de chuke hain, "sadme aur dil shikasta" hain.
Stevens Itwar ki subah Detroit ke aik church mein Rogers ke saath nazar aayin, jabke Hafta ki raat gaye tak woh saathiyon ko bata chuki thin ke woh El-Sayed ka saath dengi, jinhon ne August ke primary mein unhein taqreeban aik percentage point se haraya tha.
"Abdul ne bilkul wazeh kar diya tha ke un ki campaign mein mera istaqbal nahin hai, ke unhein wahan meri zaroorat nahin, ke woh mujhe wahan nahin chahte," unhon ne Rogers ke baraber mein sahafiyon se kaha. Unhon ne mazeed kaha: "Main Democrats se munh nahin mod rahi. Yeh sirf aik vote hai. Jab aap baar baar nafrat dekhte hain, toh yeh qabil-e-qubool nahin. Mujhe aaj bhi jamaat se mohabbat hai."
Us raat television par faisla badalne ki wajah batane ke liye israr kiye jane par unhon ne kaha: "Main ne apna zehen badal liya." Michigan se un ki Democrat saathi, Representative Debbie Dingell ne is interview ko "takleef deh" qarar diya aur kaha: "Itwar ko jo hua, woh dekh kar mujhe sadma pahuncha."
El-Sayed, jo US Senate ke liye muntakhab hone wale pehle Muslim honge, ne is baat ko nazar andaz kar diya. "Aakhir mein, main Haley Stevens ke bare mein nahin sochta," unhon ne Representative Jim Clyburn ke saath church mein aik jalse mein sahafiyon se kaha. "Is sab se kuch farq nahin parta."
Rogers ne kaha ke Stevens ne "Michigan ko pehle rakhne mein himmat aur bahaduri" dikhayi hai. Trump ne unhein "bohat bahadur" qarar diya.
Israel ke muamle par darar
Primary ke baad se donon ke darmiyan ikhtilaf hai, sab se zyada Israel par. El-Sayed Israel ke sakht naqid hain aur Stevens sakht haami, aur Israel ke haami lobby group AIPAC ne un ki taraf se kai million dollar kharch kiye. Rishta aakhir mein aik bairooni digital ishtihar par toot gaya, jis mein grocery ki oonchi qeematon ka zimmedar Israel ko US ki imdad ko thehraya gaya tha. Stevens ne mutalba kiya ke woh ise mustarad karein. Un ki campaign ne kaha ke us ka is ishtihar se koi taalluq nahin, aur unhon ne kaha ke woh is se ittefaq nahin karte, phir jab un se poocha gaya ke kya woh Itwar ko Stevens ko apne saath chahte hain, toh unhon ne kaha ke woh "tawajjoh hatane se bachna chahenge".
Stevens ka kehna hai ke El-Sayed ne un yahoodi aur siyah faam voters ko mutmain karne ke liye kafi nahin kiya jinhon ne primary mein un ki himayat ki thi. Michigan ke state Representative Noah Arbit samet Democrats ne, jinhon ne kaha ke unhein El-Sayed ki bayanbazi par tahaffuzat hain, phir bhi Stevens ke is iqdam ko mustarad kar diya, aur Arbit ne kaha ke jawab "Rogers ki ghinauni, khatarnak Islamophobia ko gale lagana nahin ho sakta".
Rogers aur Trump ne aakhri din El-Sayed ko khatarnak ke taur par pesh karne mein guzare hain, jis mein Trump ne unhein "jihadist" kaha aur donon ne bighair saboot un par Muslim Brotherhood se taalluq ka ilzam lagaya, jis ki woh tardeed karte hain. Michigan State University ke aik poll ke mutabiq soobe ke 38% voters ke liye kisi Muslim ummeedwar ki himayat karne ka imkan kam hai.
Michigan kyun aham hai
Michigan aisi khuli nashist hai jo ab Democrats ke paas hai, aur yeh Senate ki woh wahid toss-up daur hai jis mein woh difa par hain. Agar Rogers ise palat dete hain toh Democrats ko aiwan par qabza karne ke liye chaar ke bajaye paanch Republican nashistein leni hongi.
Pichhle hafta ke aik poll mein El-Sayed ko 48% ke muqable mein 50% ki sabqat hasil thi, jo margin of error ke andar hai. Michigan mein polling Budh ko Pakistan ke waqt ke mutabiq subah 6 aur 7 baje band hogi.
