How many tickets did Muslims get from both alliances?
Regarding the lok sabha elections 2024, Bharatiya Janata Party-led nda and Congress-led india Alliance have announced candidates on almost all the seats. In such a situation, let us know how many tickets were given to Muslims by which alliance?
Only 5 tickets for Muslims in the nda alliance
The ruling nda includes more than 40 parties, but the alliance has given tickets to only 5 Muslims. JDU, which is part of the nda alliance in Bihar, has made master Mujahid Alam its candidate for the Kishanganj seat.
Whereas the bharatiya janata party has given a ticket to M Abdul Salam from mallapuram seat of Kerala. bjp has also made Soumitra Khan its candidate in West Bengal. nda has also fielded Muslim candidates in the Dhubri seat of Assam. Jabed islam is being made to contest the elections here on behalf of assam Gana Parishad. Ajit Pawar's party NCP has fielded Yusuf T.P. from the lakshadweep seat.
The nda alliance has not given tickets to even a single Muslim in big states like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Gujarat, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Himachal, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Telangana, tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh. Talking about population, 34 percent of Muslims live in assam, 27 in West Bengal, 19 in Uttar Pradesh, 17 in Bihar, 15 in Jharkhand, 13 in Delhi, and 12 percent in Maharashtra. In 2019, bjp had fielded 6 Muslim candidates, but this time the party has given tickets to only 2 Muslims.
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