Decoding the Muslim vote in West Bengal
3 years, 11 months ago

Decoding the Muslim vote in West Bengal

India Today  

West Bengal is witnessing perhaps the most polarised election so far. Urdu-speaking Muslims comprise roughly 6-7 per cent of Bengal’s population and are concentrated mostly in urban centres. In Kolkata, the imams of Tipu Sultan and Nakhoda masjids are influential among Urdu-speaking Muslims in minority-dominated Park Circus and Khidirpur belts. However, in Kolkata’s Port area, comprising Khidirpur, Ekbalpur, Watganj, Metiabruz and Garden Reach, Trinamool’s Firhad Hakim is considered the most influential political leader among both Bengali- and Urdu-speaking Muslims. The MIM chief went ahead and fielded candidates in some Muslim-majority constituencies, though he’s well aware that Urdu-speaking Muslims alone cannot give him a win.

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AIMIM to Contest All Seats in 2026 West Bengal Elections
2 weeks, 3 days ago

AIMIM to Contest All Seats in 2026 West Bengal Elections

Deccan Chronicle  

The All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen has announced that it will contest all seats in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, asserting that the state’s Muslim population now exceeds 40%. Addressing a press conference in Kolkata on Tuesday, AIMIM spokesperson Imran Solanki declared the party’s full-fledged electoral entry into West Bengal. A senior party leader noted that the announcement was made on …

Delhi Elections: AAP struggling even in 11 Muslim dominated seats as BJP heads towards a victory
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Delhi Elections: AAP struggling even in 11 Muslim dominated seats as BJP heads towards a victory

Op India  

The results of the Delhi Assembly elections are coming out on Friday. Mohan Bisht of BJP is leading AAP’s Adeel Ahmed Khan by 5 thousand votes. Karnail Singh of BJP is leading from Shakur Basti seat, with corruption accused Satyendra Jain of AAP trailing by 3000 votes. Here AAP’s Ale Mohammad Iqbal is leading Asim Ahmed Khan by 4000 votes. …

Muslim League, Jinnah and the pursuit of an unfulfilled dream
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Muslim League, Jinnah and the pursuit of an unfulfilled dream

Op India  

On 30th December 1906, 118 years ago, a pivotal historical event transpired that ultimately led to a profound tragedy, resulting in the division of a nation along religious lines. It was passed by the largest congregation of league delegates a mere day after Jinnah articulated to his supporters that “the problem of India is not of an inter-communal but manifestly …

Muslim League, Jinnah and the pursuit of an unfulfilled dream
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Muslim League, Jinnah and the pursuit of an unfulfilled dream

Op India  

On 30th December 1906, 118 years ago, a pivotal historical event transpired that ultimately led to a profound tragedy, resulting in the division of a nation along religious lines. It was passed by the largest congregation of league delegates a mere day after Jinnah articulated to his supporters that “the problem of India is not of an inter-communal but manifestly …

Keeping up with UP: How BJP won Muslim majority seats in bypolls
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Keeping up with UP: How BJP won Muslim majority seats in bypolls

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Yogi Adityanath and Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Bhartiya Janata Party chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Assam, who have a penchant for delivering polarising speeches and slogans are key leaders for the party in the North and the Northeast. Senior BJP leader Sunil Bansal, former in-charge of UP, had directed local leaders in western UP to get 10,000 …

Trinamool leader says 'Muslims can be bigger than majority', BJP fires back
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trinamool leader says 'Muslims can be bigger than majority', BJP fires back

India Today  

Trinamool Congress leader and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim's call for Muslims to grow and outnumber the "majority" in the country has invited strong condemnation from the BJP, which questioned his "mindset". BJP STOKES 'SHARIA LAW' FEARS The BJP promptly went on the offensive, with Bengal unit chief and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar assailing Hakim for his remarks. Hakim envisions a …

DC Edit | Bangladesh must stop targeting of minorities
3 months, 4 weeks ago

DC Edit | Bangladesh must stop targeting of minorities

Deccan Chronicle  

The situation in Bangladesh is far from satisfactory as far as members of the Hindu, Christian and Buddhist minorities are concerned. India’s external affairs minister had given voice to his anxieties while briefing Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the latest incidents after the monk’s arrest and may have conveyed the same to both Houses, too, if Parliament had not been …

Hindu BJP candidate trounces 11 Muslims in UP. What led to his massive win?
4 months ago

Hindu BJP candidate trounces 11 Muslims in UP. What led to his massive win?

India Today  

Amid BJP's rallying cry of "ek hain to safe hain", the saffron party has pulled off an unprecedented poll stunner by winning the Uttar Pradesh Kundarki Assembly seat, a Muslim dominant region, in the recently-concluded by-election, courtesy - Ramveer Thakur. According to the Election Commission of India, Ramveer Thakur defeated 11 of his contenders from the Muslim community in Kundarki, …

In India’s tribal-dominated Jharkhand, BJP labels Muslims as ‘Bangladeshis’
4 months, 1 week ago

In India’s tribal-dominated Jharkhand, BJP labels Muslims as ‘Bangladeshis’

Al Jazeera  

The right-wing party is accused of trying to divide tribal and Muslim votes by raising the bogey of ‘Bangladeshi infiltrators’ in a key region of the state. Gafur is a Muslim, a community in Jharkhand that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party has been painting as “Bangladeshi infiltrators” for months as it seeks to unseat a coalition of …

Battle for Muslim votes intensifies ahead of UP bypolls
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Battle for Muslim votes intensifies ahead of UP bypolls

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW The fight for Muslim votes has intensified ahead of the bypolls to nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. While Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav met family members of the party leader Azam Khan in Rampur on Monday, Azad Samaj Party president Chandrashekhar Azad met Khan’s son Abdullah Azam lodged in Hardoi jail. After meeting Abdullah Azam in Hardoi jail, …

Meet Marathi Muslim Seva Sangh (MMSS), NGO practicing 'vote jihad', instigating hatred, fear among Muslims to vote against BJP
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Meet Marathi Muslim Seva Sangh (MMSS), NGO practicing 'vote jihad', instigating hatred, fear among Muslims to vote against BJP

Op India  

On Friday, 8th November, BJP’s Kirit Somaiya filed a police complaint at Mulund Police station in Maharashtra’s Mumbai against the Marathi Muslim Seva Sangh alleging them of practising vote jihad ahead of the state assembly elections, voting for which is scheduled to happen on 20th November. It has come to the fore that around 180 NGOs are working on the …

'Illegal Muslims from Bangladesh, Myanmar influence politics in Maharashtra', reveals TISS study
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4 months, 3 weeks ago

'Illegal Muslims from Bangladesh, Myanmar influence politics in Maharashtra', reveals TISS study

Op India  

Last week, on November 5th, a study by Tata Institute of Social Sciences revealed that the number of illegal immigrants, especially Muslims from Bangladesh and Myanmar, has been on the rise in Mumbai and that certain political parties have been using them as a voting bloc. Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar, a loyalist of chief minister Eknath …

Maharashtra polls: Over 180 NGOs work to enrol Muslim voters, increase awareness
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra polls: Over 180 NGOs work to enrol Muslim voters, increase awareness

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: At least 180 NGOs and organisations have been working for months among Muslim voters to increase the community’s voter turnout, an endeavour that had positive results in the Lok Sabha polls. “This resulted in raising the voter turnout to over 60% in the Lok Sabha election, around 15% higher than the average in previous elections,” said Fakir Mehmood Thakur, …

Shikha Mukerjee | Census, caste & citizenship: Spin to win in endless cycle
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Shikha Mukerjee | Census, caste & citizenship: Spin to win in endless cycle

Deccan Chronicle  

The obviously leaked stories about the launch in 2025 of the long-delayed Census and the move to keep everyone guessing on whether the exercise will include a caste-based enumeration are guaranteed to rekindle the public’s interest and rebuild the BJP’s and its helmsman Narendra Modi’s political capital. The timing of the leaks suggests that the politically astute Mr Modi and …

Muslim-dominated Manglaur, Uttarakhand: How communities vote
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Muslim-dominated Manglaur, Uttarakhand: How communities vote

Op India  

On the 13th of July 2024, Congress secured two major victories in Uttarakhand Assembly by-polls – one from the Manglaur seat and the other, from Badrinath. Qazi Mohammad Nizamuddin won as a BSP candidate with an almost 37% vote share defeating Congress’ Muslim candidate who came third with a 27% vote share. In the 2024 by-elections, BJP fielded Kartar Singh …

Bypoll results highlights: West Bengal BJP chief accuses TMC of poll fraud
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Bypoll results highlights: West Bengal BJP chief accuses TMC of poll fraud

Hindustan Times  

Byelection results highlights: According to the results declared by the Election Commission on Saturday for bypolls held in 13 assembly seats across seven states, the INDIA bloc won 10 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious in two constituencies and an Independent candidate clinched one seat. According to the Election Commission's Voter Turnout app, Tamil Nadu's Vikravandi assembly seat …

In Defence of Mayawati | BSP is Fully Entitled to Alter Tactics to Stay Relevant
9 months, 3 weeks ago

In Defence of Mayawati | BSP is Fully Entitled to Alter Tactics to Stay Relevant

The Quint  

‘Blame’ is a strong word. Mayawati’s statement says that despite attempts over the last few elections, the BSP has not been ‘understood’ by Muslims and she will give space in the future only after careful consideration. In this light, how the Muslim voters, especially Pasmanda/marginalised sections, vote to protect their best interests is a tactical decision for the community. In …

Opinion: How Didi succeeded in mobilising Bengali mistrust of Centre
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: How Didi succeeded in mobilising Bengali mistrust of Centre

India Today  

Inclusion, not polarisation, is West Bengal’s 7. As she crisscrossed the state, addressing a staggering 150 rallies, and walking miles to connect with her constituents, Mamata Banerjee’s message was simple: do not allow West Bengal to be overpowered by the Centre. It was a rejoinder to Modi’s campaign that if West Bengal’s voters joined him, he would oust Mamata Banerjee …

India election results: Did ‘secular’ parties let Muslims down, too?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

India election results: Did ‘secular’ parties let Muslims down, too?

Al Jazeera  

Scared of the BJP describing them as pro-Muslim, these parties distanced themselves from the community, analysts say. “They know that a large part of India’s middle class is radicalised to the extent that taking the name of Muslims might harm the fortunes of political parties,” Mohammed Ali, an award-winning journalist based in New Delhi, said, speaking of Gandhi’s Indian National …

Polarisation of Muslim votes likely to block BJP’s Bengal LS target
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Polarisation of Muslim votes likely to block BJP’s Bengal LS target

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: Seventeen months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a Bharatiya Janata Party national executive meet in Delhi that his party should reach out to Muslims, especially those from the economically backward strata, the minority community may have emerged as a major hindrance to the saffron camp’s target of winning 30 of Bengal’s 42 Lok Sabha seats in the …

Why are there fewer Muslim candidates?
10 months ago

Why are there fewer Muslim candidates?

Hindustan Times  

First, political parties, it seems, have become truly professional and the idea of winnability has been accepted as an unwritten norm of electoral engagement. Second, the emergence of Hindutva-driven nationalism as the dominant narrative of politics has forced the non-Bharatiya Janata Party parties to avoid any direct reference to Muslim identity, especially in political terms. Political parties were guided by …

Voting underway in 58 LS constituencies, 25.76% voter turnout recorded till 11 am
10 months ago

Voting underway in 58 LS constituencies, 25.76% voter turnout recorded till 11 am

Deccan Chronicle  

A voter turnout of 25.76 per cent was recorded till 11 am on Saturday in 58 constituencies in six states and two Union territories where polling is underway in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections.West Bengal recorded the highest voter turnout in the first four hours of polling at 36.88 per cent while Odisha recorded the lowest at …

Four anti-Muslim claims dominating India’s election: What’s the truth?
10 months ago

Four anti-Muslim claims dominating India’s election: What’s the truth?

Al Jazeera  

India’s Hindu nationalists have peddled conspiracy theories about Muslims. ‘Those with more children’ What Modi said: During an election rally on April 21 in the western state of Rajasthan, Modi claimed that if the Congress party came to power, it would distribute the country’s wealth among Muslims. ‘Congress will snatch mangalsutras, give them to its vote bank’ What Modi said: …

BJP Leader and Rajya Sabha MP Lahar Singh Siroya: ‘What should we do when Muslim leaders do not want to join us?’
10 months ago

BJP Leader and Rajya Sabha MP Lahar Singh Siroya: ‘What should we do when Muslim leaders do not want to join us?’

The Hindu  

Published : May 24, 2024 16:38 IST - 9 MINS READ Lahar Singh Siroya, a Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka, has been a two-term MLC. He has been a loyal member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the BJP for more than five decades and has often been described as the State BJP unit’s Hindi conduit to the Central leadership. …

India’s parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of Modi’s party grows
10 months, 2 weeks ago

India’s parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of Modi’s party grows

Associated Press  

MALAPPURAM, India — Preventing Muslim migrants from gaining citizenship. India has gone from being a country where Muslims were largely marginalized to one where they are “actively excluded,” said Ali Khan Mahmudabad, a political scientist and historian at New Delhi’s Ashoka University. so they remain enemies,” said Mehmood Bhai Khatri, a 64-year-old Muslim voter from Modi’s home state of Gujarat, …

Fight for Gurgaon seat sees a heady mix of caste, religion, development
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Fight for Gurgaon seat sees a heady mix of caste, religion, development

The Hindu  

Encompassing one of Asia’s top IT and innovation hubs in Gurugram as well as the Meo Muslim-dominated Nuh, which figures on the NITI Aayog’s list of the country’s most backward districts, the Gurgaon Lok Sabha seat is Haryana’s most diverse constituency. ‘Haryanvi blood’ Running for his third term as the BJP’s Lok Sabha nominee, Mr. Singh, who quit the Congress …

'Vote for these candidates if you wish to elect secular govt,' Osman Hiroli appeals Muslims at Pune event
10 months, 3 weeks ago

'Vote for these candidates if you wish to elect secular govt,' Osman Hiroli appeals Muslims at Pune event

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: All India Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind in an event Elan-e-Lok Sabha Elections organised in Maharashtra's Pune requested the people belonging to the Muslim community to vote for four particular candidates if they wish to elect a secular government in power. Jamaat-e-Tanzim's member Osman Hiroli requested the Muslim community to vote for NCP-Sharadchandra Pawar's party candidate Supriya Sule in …

Imtiaz Jaleel Interview: 'Opposition Wants Muslim Votes, Not Muslim Leadership'
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Imtiaz Jaleel Interview: 'Opposition Wants Muslim Votes, Not Muslim Leadership'

The Quint  

There are some people for whom they will. A memorial was being built for a BJP politician here and crores of rupees worth government land was allotted for building it. But when I posted this news on social media, a lot of BJP supporters commented as to why I said 'Aurangabad' and not Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar. When the Uttar Pradesh …

35 Muslim candidates contest Lok Sabha polls in Gujarat; none fielded by Congress
10 months, 3 weeks ago

35 Muslim candidates contest Lok Sabha polls in Gujarat; none fielded by Congress

The Hindu  

Thirty-five Muslim candidates are contesting the Lok Sabha election in Gujarat but the Congress has this time broken its tradition and not fielded a single person from the community in the State. This time, 35 Muslim candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha polls to be held in 25 out of the 26 seats in Gujarat, compared to …

Muslims now stand with BJP; understood Congress, INDIA bloc using them as pawns: PM Modi
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Muslims now stand with BJP; understood Congress, INDIA bloc using them as pawns: PM Modi

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Muslims now understand that the Congress and INDIA bloc are using them as pawns, asserting that the community is distancing itself from them after seeing the development carried out by the BJP. Addressing a rally in support of BJP candidate Rekha Verma in Dhaurahra, Modi said that the poor and those belonging …

Election in Pincodes: Citizenship quandary deepens fault lines of identity
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Election in Pincodes: Citizenship quandary deepens fault lines of identity

Hindustan Times  

Like most Indian small towns, Dhubri is a stinging mesh of sights and sounds. But this time, citizenship is also a key theme in the general elections due to the BJP’s push for the Citizenship Act, or CAA -- it fast-tracks citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist, Parsi and Christian communities who entered India from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh on …

Ecostani | The silence of the Muslim voter could be real and strategic
11 months ago

Ecostani | The silence of the Muslim voter could be real and strategic

Hindustan Times  

There was silence outside Darul Uloom in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoband town, as students walked into India’s biggest Muslim seminary dressed in spotless white kurta-pyjamas and wearing a ‘taqiyah’, the round skull cap, on April 17, two days before polling was to be held for the first phase. “We will talk after June 4,” was his polite refusal, summing up the …

Castes from Muslim communities ‘intentionally’ included in backward classes, claims BJP
11 months ago

Castes from Muslim communities ‘intentionally’ included in backward classes, claims BJP

Hindustan Times  

Ahead of the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Shahnawaz Hussain said some castes from the Muslim community were intentionally included in the backward community under the reservation system allotted under the Mandal Commission. BJP national spokesperson and former Union minister Shahnawaz Hussain "In the reservation system given under the Mandal Commission, some people intentionally …

View: Belligerent PM Modi puts Congress in a fix over Muslim empowerment
11 months ago

View: Belligerent PM Modi puts Congress in a fix over Muslim empowerment

Hindustan Times  

After a relatively staid first round of polls, the campaigning for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was fired up with the opposition Congress firing salvos of wealth distribution, inheritance tax, and including Muslims in the OBC category for reservation in Karnataka to protect its minority vote bank, which is key to defend its 15 seats in Communist-ruled Kerala and increase …

The tactically silent Indian Muslim voter
11 months ago

The tactically silent Indian Muslim voter

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh has just finished its first phase of Lok Sabha elections and several recent reports have shown that Muslims have observed a “tactical silence” in this election. First, we must reject historical essentialisation — a view of the community that assumes a special historical continuity between the Muslim monarchs of India and Muslims in India today. This view of …

This election crucial for protecting community's rights, pluralism, say Muslim voters in Aligarh
11 months, 1 week ago

This election crucial for protecting community's rights, pluralism, say Muslim voters in Aligarh

The Hindu  

Campaigning in Aligarh is subdued with major parties focusing on their core support bases. In the Muslim community, views on this Lok Sabha election seem to vary, with some seeing it as crucial for India's pluralism while others feel neglected by political parties. "For me, this election is about safeguarding the Constitution, which grants me and everyone else in this …

Why Rajputs, other dominant castes are boycotting BJP in western Uttar Pradesh
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Why Rajputs, other dominant castes are boycotting BJP in western Uttar Pradesh

India Today  

With less than two days left for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is witnessing troubling signs in western Uttar Pradesh, a region where it won the majority of seats in the last decade due to a consolidated Hindu vote. Saharanpur Caste equation Muslim: 42 per cent Jatav + other SC: 17 per cent Rajput: 8 …

Kharge: BJP’s Ancestors Had Backed UK, Muslim League
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Kharge: BJP’s Ancestors Had Backed UK, Muslim League

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge responded on Monday to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's criticism of the Congress manifesto. Kharge countered by accusing the BJP's "ideological ancestors" of supporting the British and the Muslim League against Indians during the freedom struggle. In a post on X, Kharge stated: "Modi-Shah's political and ideological ancestors supported the British and the Muslim League …

Minorities likely to support TMC in Bengal during LS Polls
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Minorities likely to support TMC in Bengal during LS Polls

New Indian Express  

KOLKATA: Minorities in West Bengal, constituting nearly thirty per cent of the electorate, are likely to vote for the TMC to halt BJP's advance, despite the presence of a secular alternative in the form of Left-Congress alliance, community leaders said. According to minority leaders, Muslims in West Bengal, pivotal in several Lok Sabha seats, are inclined towards the Mamata Banerjee-led …

Assam BJP aims for Muslim votes, highlights development in Muslim areas
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Assam BJP aims for Muslim votes, highlights development in Muslim areas

New Indian Express  

UDALGURI: The BJP in Assam is pinning hopes on getting Muslim votes by riding on the prevailing peace and “equal treatment” of communities by the government. Talking to journalists after attending an event of NDA constituents here on Saturday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told journalists he does not find any reason why the Muslims would not vote for the …

Parties vie for a pie in Muslim votes spread across two dozen seats
1 year ago

Parties vie for a pie in Muslim votes spread across two dozen seats

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: With the eight Lok Sabha seats of western UP set to vote in first phase on April 19, the battle for Muslim votes is taking a three-way turn in the state. Constituting 19 per cent of the UP population, Muslims hold key in at least two dozen seats where they are 20-50 per cent of the electorate. This time, …

BSP eyes revival of Muslim-Dalit combination in Western U.P.
1 year ago

BSP eyes revival of Muslim-Dalit combination in Western U.P.

The Hindu  

The Bahujan Samaj Party’s announcement of probable candidates on seven Lok Sabha seats in Western Uttar Pradesh hints at renewed attempts by the Dalit centric party to consolidate its Muslim support in the U.P. With five of the seven announced names hailing from the Muslim community, the party seemingly hopes to revive the old Dalit-Muslim social alliance, which is considered …

Fight for the Dalit vote hots up in Uttar Pradesh
1 year ago

Fight for the Dalit vote hots up in Uttar Pradesh

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s latest bid to reach out to Dalits in Uttar Pradesh comes at a time when the State is simmering with Dalit anger over the death of a Jatav teenager in police firing in Milak area of Rampur district. On Thursday, as the State reeled under the news of the father of one of the victims of …

Lok Sabha polls: As SP-Congress forge alliance, Muslim factor to watch out for on 24 seats in Uttar Pradesh
1 year, 1 month ago

Lok Sabha polls: As SP-Congress forge alliance, Muslim factor to watch out for on 24 seats in Uttar Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

The Samajwadi Party-Congress seat-sharing deal for the Lok Sabha election may have raised expectations in the alliance that it will consolidate the Muslim vote and fortify the INDIA bloc’s position in at least 24 Muslim dominated constituencies out of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. Muslims account for 19% of Uttar Pradesh’s population and their voting behaviour is …

What is it like to be a Muslim in India?
1 year, 3 months ago

What is it like to be a Muslim in India?

Hindustan Times  

It’s, arguably, one of the saddest indictments of our country that today we increasingly ask the question “What is it like to be a Muslim in India?” The answer ought to be no different to being a Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi or atheist. Ziya Us Salam’s new book, Being Muslim in Hindu India: A Critical View, explains in …

Muslims will vote for Congress, says Uttam
1 year, 4 months ago

Muslims will vote for Congress, says Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Former TPCC chief N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said that Muslims were rallying behind the Congress as they are fed up with the BJP’s ‘divisive politics’ and also the BRS, which he alleged was the B-team of the BJP. Speaking after several Muslim leaders joined the Congress in the presence of Uttam Kumar Reddy on Tuesday in Huzurnagar, the Nalgonda …

MP Elections 2023: BJP or Congress? Opinion poll reflects caste dynamics in Madhya Pradesh
1 year, 4 months ago

MP Elections 2023: BJP or Congress? Opinion poll reflects caste dynamics in Madhya Pradesh

Live Mint  

Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023: BJP is likely to be on top for various castes including Brahmin, Kirar-Dhakad, Jatav-Satnami, Kurmi, Yadav, Bania, and Rajput. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} Earlier, the ABP-CVoter Opinion Poll data predicted that the ruling BJP and Congress are expected to undergo a neck-and-neck political battle as the saffron party is only 0.1% ahead of the grand old party in …

MP Election: Who is leading among Brahmin, Muslim, Bheel and OBC voters? Check India-TV CNX Poll
1 year, 5 months ago

MP Election: Who is leading among Brahmin, Muslim, Bheel and OBC voters? Check India-TV CNX Poll

India TV News  

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election 2023 : The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party led by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is likely to be the number one choice for different castes in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly election to be held next month on November 17, according to the India TV-CNX Opinion Poll. According to the India TV-CNX Opinion Poll, 80 per cent …

Madhya Pradesh poll: Congress lays hopes on Muslim votes, banks on 22 swing seats in case of tough contest
1 year, 5 months ago

Madhya Pradesh poll: Congress lays hopes on Muslim votes, banks on 22 swing seats in case of tough contest

India TV News  

Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections: In the bi-party politics of Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress in Madhya Pradesh, the 'factor of Muslim vote' may not be as important as in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, but in case of neck-and-neck contest in the assembly elections to be held next month, at least the votes of the minority community may prove crucial l …

BJP MP questions AIMIM chief Owaisi on BRS govt\'s discrimination against Muslims
1 year, 5 months ago

BJP MP questions AIMIM chief Owaisi on BRS govt\'s discrimination against Muslims

Deccan Chronicle  

Nizamabad: BJP MP Arvind Dharmapuri questioned AIMIM president and MP Asaduddin Owaisi on why the BRS government was discriminating against Muslims by extending only a Rs 1 lakh Muslim Bandhu scheme. The BRS government has announced Rs 10 lakh for Dalit Bandhu and Rs 1 lakh each for Muslim Bandhu and BC Bandhu, Dharmapuri said. Speaking at a BJP activists …

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