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File photo of Maharashtra’s senior Congress leader Muhammed Arif ‘Naseem’ Khan.
Senior Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi said that it’s disheartening to note that the INDIA bloc did not nominate any Muslim candidates out of the 48 Lok Sabha Seats in Maharashtra.
Maharashtra’s senior Congress leader Muhammed Arif ‘Naseem’ Khan has stepped down from the party’s campaign committee amid the Lok Sabha elections. He expressed displeasure over the party not nominating any Muslim leader in the state.
In a letter to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, he stated that he won’t campaign for the polls as the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) bloc had not fielded a candidate from the minority community.
“From total 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, MVA has not nominated a single Muslim candidate in Maharashtra,” the former state minister wrote.
Reacting to Khan’s move, senior Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi said that it’s disheartening to note that the INDIA bloc did not nominate any Muslim candidates out of the 48 Lok Sabha Seats in Maharashtra. “The Congress also did not advocate for Muslim reservation during the recent 2.5 year MVA tenure,” he added.
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