London, May 18 Jubiliant with the outcome of parliamentary elections in India, Britain&aposs Indian- Muslim community today expressed their delight at BJP&aposs defeat while hailing Congress-led UPA&aposs victory for a consecutive term.

"We salute the wisdom and political maturity of Indian voters who, we hope and pray, have said goodbye forever to the philosophy of supremacy, hatred and sectarianism of the BJP," Chairman of Council of Indian Muslims - UK, Munaf Zeena said in a statement.

Zeena noted that despite facing the ongoing harassment and detentions of Muslim youths, especially in Uttar Pradesh, Muslims have played a major role in bringing Congress back to power.

" They have shown confidence in Dr Manmohan Singh&aposs honesty and have believed in his assurance that being a Sikh he understood how Muslims were harassed in the name of prevention of terrorism,"he said.

"Dr Singh&aposs first priority should be to rein in the police and stop the ongoing marginalisation of Muslims in general and harassment of Muslim youths in particular and bring under control the freehand of the police in doing so,"he added.