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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bihar alliance without a single elected Muslim -Nalin Verma

Bihar alliance without a single elected Muslim -Nalin Verma

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published Published on Nov 17, 2020   modified Modified on Nov 18, 2020

-The Telegraph

The state's largest minority community has held key ministerial and other constitutional posts whether under the rule of Congress, Samyukta Socialist Party, Janata Party, Janata Dal or the RJD

Patna: Bihar has for the first time since Independence got a ruling coalition without a single MLA from its largest minority community.

None of the four parties in the National Democratic Alliance — the BJP, Janata Dal United, Hindustani Awam Morcha Secular and Vikassheel Insan Party — has a single MLA from among Muslims, who make up over 16 per cent of the state's population.

Of these four, the JDU alone had fielded Muslim candidates, all 11 of whom lost.

Nitish Kumar, who on Monday took oath as chief minister for the seventh time and who flaunts his “socialist-secular” credentials, will therefore have to form a council of ministers without a single Muslim member elected directly by the people.

He has, of course, the option of engaging in the “tokenism” of appointing a Muslim minister and then nominating them to the state legislative council.

All the non-NDA parties or combines that have won seats — apart from the Lok Janshakti Party — have their share of Muslim MLAs. The Rashtriya Janata Dal has 8 Muslims among its 75 MLAs, the Congress has 4 out of 19, Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM has 5 out of 5, and the Left parties have 1 out of 16. The Bahujan Samaj Party’s lone MLA is a Muslim.

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The Telegraph, 17 November, 2020, https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/bihar-alliance-without-a-single-elected-muslim/cid/1797699


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