of Waqf Modification Invoice handed in Aprilhas created issues for the Bharatiya Janata Occasion’s allies equivalent to Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) and Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Occasion (Ram Vilas), whose Muslim candidates are dealing with uncomfortable questions over the legislation and their alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Occasion in the course of the ongoing election marketing campaign.
The JD(U), which claims to have the help of 20% of Bihar’s Muslim inhabitants, has fielded candidates from Araria, Jokihat, Amul and Chainpur communities in opposition to 11 in 2020.
“Persons are asking uncomfortable questions on my occasion help. Waqf Invoice submitted to Parliament. I inform them that this modification has made the administration of waqf estates extra clear. I’m additionally telling them that the NDA authorities on the Middle is within the majority and the invoice would have been handed even with out JD(U) help,” stated Shagufta Azim, a JD(U) candidate from Araria.
On the alliance between the JD(U) and the Bharatiya Janata Occasion, Azim advised voters that Bihar’s improvement is barely as a result of the state authorities is run with “these individuals and the occasion”. “I’m additionally telling those who spiritual sentiments usually are not harm and the advantages of assorted schemes are being prolonged to all communities with out discrimination. I’m additionally evaluating the event work achieved in the course of the tenure of JD(U) and RJD to emphasise that the events are by no means mistaken however their ideology could also be completely different (from their allies),” she stated.
In 2020, Azim misplaced to the re-nominated MP Abidur Rahman from the identical seat. Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM and Prashant Kishore’s Jan Suraj are additionally fielding Muslim candidates from Araria.
Within the Amul constituency, the place AIMIM Bihar President Akhtarul Iman is at present in energy, JD(U) candidate Saba Zafar is campaigning with a give attention to improvement and native points. “There is no such thing as a downside with the Wakf Act because it was not solely the JD(U) that supported it in Parliament,” he stated.
In Chainpur, outgoing state minority minister Md Zama Khan holds an election rally sporting a saffron turban and scarf. On Wednesday, Bharatiya Janata Occasion MP Manoj Tiwari addressed a rally in help of him and emphasised the NDA’s motto: ‘Sabka Saas, Sabka Vikas’. “Mr Khan has determined which ideology he’ll help. His victory in Chainpur will ship a message that each Hindus and Muslims are on the facet of the Bharatiya Janata Occasion,” Tiwari stated.
“Mr. Khan had gained the 2020 polls as a BSP candidate. Now, he wants the help of the BJP’s Hindu voters. This is the reason NDA leaders discuss Hindu-Muslim unity on this seat. Mr. Khan can be campaigning on these strains,” the JD(U) chief stated.
In the meantime, LJP(RV)’s solely Muslim candidate Mohd Karimuddin can be dealing with related questions whereas campaigning in Bahadurganj. “I inform individuals to ask these questions of the individuals who maintain positions on the WAQF board and likewise ask what advantages have been supplied to individuals by way of WAQF actual property. The opposition and the WAQF board are deceptive individuals,” he stated.
Karimuddin additionally referred to “speeches by Bharatiya Janata Occasion leaders” and urged voters to not hearken to what was stated. “I inform Muslims that leaders will say something of their conferences. They need to have a look at the scenario on the bottom, the place individuals from all communities are being benefited,” he advised The Indian Specific.
The Left Occasion (RV) is attempting its greatest to woo Muslim voters, and Sirag, talking at a pro-Karimuddin rally, accused the Mahagathbandhan of dividing society on spiritual grounds by “treating Muslims solely as a vote financial institution and instilling worry of the NDA amongst Muslims”. “I cannot tolerate injustice in opposition to anybody. That’s my promise,” he stated.
He referred to the 2006 Sakar Fee report on social and financial backwardness of Muslims and held the Congress and RJD answerable for the situation of Muslims. Bahadurganj was gained by AIMIM in 2020, however its MLA switched to RJD in 2022. Owaisi’s occasion has fielded candidates right here too.
Within the second stage, all 5 seats can be voted on on November eleventh.
The opposite NDA constituents – the BJP, Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (secular) and Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) – haven’t fielded any Muslim candidates.
