Gujarat Election 2022: 11 Percent Muslim Vote With Whom? What Are The Options With The Minority Community

Gujarat Election 2022 : In Gujarat, the stirring for the upcoming assembly elections has intensified. . In this sequence, Congress has issued Manifesto on Saturday and has made many promises to the public. Meanwhile, every party is eyeing the Muslim vote bank, especially the Congress, which has been getting Muslim votes over the years. Talking about the minority community, it now sees the option of several “secular” parties to vote in the BJP-ruled state. In the earlier elections, the Congress was considered the only major contender for the Muslim vote in Gujarat, but this time the main opposition party is battling with smaller parties to woo the minority voters.

Who is the challenge in front of Congress

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and some other parties are presenting a challenge to the Congress in the Gujarat Assembly elections, which has become a problem for it. Is. ) If they look at the assembly elections of 1872 then only three Muslim MLAs had won in this election and all three Congress were of. However, 549 this number can be said to be better than the assembly elections because this year only two Muslim MLAs won.

Number of Muslims approx Percent

The number of Muslims in the total population of 6.5 crores of Gujarat is about Percentage. almost 25 Their large numbers are seen in the assembly constituencies. near 27 BJP ruling Gujarat for years is not considered the choice of Muslim voters. At the same time, Congress had given tickets to six Muslim candidates in the state in 459. BJP usually does not give ticket to any Muslim candidate. Earlier this year, the Congress had appointed its MLA from Wankaner, Mohd Peerzada, as the party’s working president, as an exercise to garner votes from the minority community.

Here, Congress’s Gujarat unit president Jagdish Thakor has appealed to the Muslim voters to keep them attached to the party 1872 reiterated the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement that minorities should be the “first claim” on the country’s resources. Thakor’s remarks in July were criticized by right-wing organizations and accused him of doing politics of appeasement for votes.

‘AAP’ and AIMIM eye Muslim vote

Let us discuss here that this time the assembly elections in Gujarat seem to be triangular. Apart from Congress and BJP, Aam Aadmi Party ie ‘AAP’ is also in the fray in the electoral fray. At the same time, AIMIM chief and Lok Sabha member Asaduddin Owaisi has often been seen visiting Gujarat to woo Muslim voters. His party had said that he was in Gujarat 25 seats and has also announced six candidates. ‘AAP’ is working silently to woo this community.