Congress, who talks about Muslim rights, has hardly fielded Muslim candidates in Karnataka polls

Minority appeasement in the past seven decades has been the core of the DNA of the Congress party. Congress has for decades indulged in appeasement politics but the truth is that the grand old party’s idea of minority empowerment has remained purely rhetorical Rahul Gandhi has, however, only been carrying forward the grand old party’s legacy of appeasement politics. Waqf properties will be restored to the legal trustees.” In addition to that, “Congress promises to uphold the character of Aligarh Muslim University and Jamia Millia Islamia as minority educational institutions.” The Congress, for which minority appeasement has been the most obsessive pursuit and political agenda, as recently as last year, expressed support for granting special rights to minorities in terms of national resources. The grand old party has hardly given tickets to Muslim candidates in Karnataka In fact, Karnataka has sent only one Muslim MP to Lok Sabha in the last 20 years- Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi from Gulbarga in 2004 – with the three major political parties not fielding many candidates. Likewise, in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the grand old party gave a ticket to only one Muslim candidate in Karnataka- Rizwan Arshad from Bangalore Central constituency, out of a total of 21 seats Congress contested after seat sharing agreement with JD.