Muslims did not get any share even in the indian alliance…?
Muslims have got more tickets from the indian alliance than the NDA, but they have not got a numerical share here either. india Alliance has not given tickets to even a single Muslim in big states like Delhi, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, and Maharashtra.
India Alliance has given 6 tickets to Muslims in UP, 4 in Bihar, 2 in Assam, and one each in karnataka and Lakshadweep. india alliance parties are fighting friendly fights in kerala, Bengal, and Jammu and Kashmir. For example, in kerala, congress and CPM are contesting elections separately from the india Alliance. Similarly, in Bengal, mamata Banerjee's party Trinamool and Congress-CPM are contesting elections separately. In Jammu and Kashmir, there is PDP on one side and the alliance of congress and National Conference on the other.
Trinamool congress has given tickets to 6 Muslims in Bengal. The party has fielded Shahnawaz ali in Malda South, Khalilur Rehman in Jangipur, Yusuf Pathan in Brahmapur, Abu Taher Khan in Murshidabad, Nurul islam in Basirhat, Sajda ahmed in Uluberia. The congress and CPM alliance has fielded 11 Muslims as candidates from here. On behalf of the alliance, leaders from the Muslim community have been made candidates for high-profile seats like Raiganj, Malda North, Malda South, Jangipur, and Murshidabad.
In 2019, Trinamool won 22 seats, bjp 18, and congress 2 seats in West Bengal.
Congress alliance in kerala has given tickets to 3 Muslims. Of these, 2 tickets have been given by the indian Union Muslim League and one ticket by the congress Party. CPM alliance has also given 3 tickets to Muslims in Kerala. In 2019, the congress Alliance won 18 seats and the CPM Alliance won 2 seats. Out of 5 seats in Jammu and Kashmir, congress alliance has fielded Muslim candidates for 3 seats. NC has given tickets to Muslims on Anantnag, srinagar and Baramulla seats. PDP has also given Muslim candidates 3 seats. Interestingly, the indian alliance has given tickets to Muslims only in those places where the Muslim population is more than 30 percent.
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