In the five-part series of the voting choices before the Muslims in India, the third write-up looks at the political scenario in India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh where Muslims constitute 19% of the state’s population.
Azam Khan is the most powerful voice of Muslim masses and exercises an immense credibility and control over the voting patterns of Muslims, particularly, in Saharanpur, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Muradabad, Bareily and other areas of Uttar Pradesh.
To acquaint people, especially the Muslims, with the merits of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), the Uttar Pradesh government will organise Qaumi Chaupals all over the state, Minister of State for Minority Welfare and Waqf, Danish Azad Ansari, said on Wednesday.
BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday claimed the Muslims made a huge mistake by voting for the Samajwadi Party which she accused of being complicit with the BJP in giving communal colour to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. The BSP has won just one seat in the recently-concluded election for the 403-me