Questions raised over fewer Muslim candidates getting tickets?
The political battle for the assembly elections in maharashtra has begun. Voting will be held in one phase in the state on november 20, while the results will be declared on november 23. In this election, there will be a tough fight between the Mahayuti and maha Vikas Aghadi alliance. Talking about the seats in mumbai, despite having more Muslim voters here, fewer Muslim candidates have been given tickets. The Muslim population in mumbai is about 20 percent. There are 10 seats in the city where more than 25 percent of the population is Muslim. Despite this, one to four Muslim candidates have been given tickets by the major political parties. congress is at the first place and then Ajit Pawar's ncp has given more seats to Muslim candidates. But, that too is less than expected.
Which party gave tickets to whom?
congress has given ticket to Amin patel from Mumbadevi assembly seat, Aslam Sheikh from Malad West seat, Asif Zakaria and Naseem Khan (Chandivali) from Bandra West seat. shiv sena UBT has fielded the only Muslim candidate Haroon Khan. Sharad Pawar's party has given ticket to Fahad ahmed from Anushakti Nagar. He will data-face ncp (Ajit Pawar)'s sana Malik. Sana's father Nawab Malik is contesting from Mumbai's Mankhurd shivaji Nagar seat from Ajit Pawar's NCP. He will data-face Samajwadi Party's current mla Abu Asim Azmi. Apart from this, ncp ajit pawar has given ticket to Zeeshan Siddiqui from Bandra east seat. If we talk about smaller parties, Prakash Ambedkar's VBA has given ticket to 9 Muslim candidates, while AIMIM has fielded four candidates.
Questions raised on getting fewer tickets
Questions are now being raised on Muslim candidates getting fewer tickets. Former Minority Commission Chairman Naseem Siddiqui says that this has caused discontent in the Muslim community. It seems that a feeling of betrayal has taken root in them, because the Muslim community has got very few seats as per their numbers. He said that this has also happened because in the lok sabha elections, a large number of minority votes were united in various areas across the state in favor of the MVA. Which the leaders of the Mahayuti called vote jihad. In such a situation, a part of the Muslim votes can also go to small parties like AIMIM, VBA and National Ulema Council.