The Congress celebration is dealing with a peculiar downside after the Maharashtra ballot defeat – the way to steadiness the Hindu and Muslim playing cards. In the course of the Maharashtra meeting election, the BJP accused the Congress of bowing right down to the calls for of the All India Ulema Board and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind. The BJP alleged that the Congress accepted 10 calls for of the Board which included banning RSS and granting reservation to Muslims. This aided momentum to the ‘Batenge to Katenge’ slogan already propagated by the saffron celebration leaders. The icing on the cake for the BJP was ‘Ladki Bahin Yojana’. Whereas the Congress celebration allegedly tried to unite the Muslim voters, the BJP managed to unite the Hindus and it mirrored huge within the election outcomes.
Within the just lately concluded Congress Working Committee (CWC) assembly in Delhi, whereas Rahul Gandhi requested for motion in opposition to accountable individuals, Mallikarjun Kharge hinted at ‘robust selections’. The Congress leaders agreed that the Maharashtra defeat holds a message for the celebration and it must be analysed completely. The Congress celebration is now seeking to discover a center path the place they’ll discuss minorities’ welfare whereas not upsetting or sending a flawed message to the Hindu voters.
Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi had not fielded any Muslim candidate in Maharashtra through the Lok Sabha polls. The Muslim voters taught the Congress a lesson within the meeting elections with the grand previous celebration profitable simply 13 of the 38 seats the place Muslim voters maintain an affect. Amid this, the Congress is dealing with a contemporary problem in Telangana. With Muslims comprising over 12% of Telangana’s inhabitants—practically half of whom reside in Hyderabad—the Revanth Reddy authorities faces mounting strain to deal with grievances and keep away from additional erosion of its minority help, which is now shifting in direction of regional events like All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen.
The Congress authorities is reportedly additionally beneath scrutiny over undelivered guarantees resembling rising the minority welfare finances and implementing a subsidy scheme for minority youth. The proposed Musi Riverfront growth venture has alarmed residents, because it threatens to displace 1000’s of households, lots of whom belong to the Muslim group. The opposition BRS has capitalized on this, promising free authorized help to affected residents, additional placing Congress on the defensive.
Opposition events, significantly the BJP and BRS, are utilizing these points to weaken Congress’s place. Whereas the BJP sees Telangana as a possible foothold within the south, the BRS is positioning itself as a more practical advocate for Muslim pursuits, claiming to have finished extra for the group throughout its tenure.
In Telangana, the Congress authorities at present has no Muslim MLAs within the meeting. There’s rising hypothesis about whether or not the Congress ought to ship a powerful sign to Muslim voters in Telangana by appointing a Muslim MLC and providing them a ministerial place. This transfer could possibly be a strategic step, particularly with two vital elections—Delhi and Bihar—on the horizon subsequent yr.
