KOLKATA: Despite nursing a grudge towards the state executive for its alleged failure to curb communal riots, the minorities in West Bengal are likely to vote for the TMC to forestall BJP's march, leaders stated.
A deciding issue in several Lok Sabha seats in the state, the minorities especially Muslims are likely to vote for the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) which they perceive as a "credible force" in contrast to the Congress-Communist Party of India (Marxist) alliance, they claimed.
"Despite having anger against the state government over various issues including several riots that took place in the state, the minorities will vote for TMC in the state to ensure their safety and security," Mohammed Kamruzzaman, General Secretary of All Bengal Minority Youth Federation advised .
"In Bengal, TMC is the most credible force as it is in power, when it comes to fight against BJP," he added.
Kamruzzaman, whose organization has the most important following among Muslim youths in the state, stated that the Congress-CPI(M) seat sharing talks have evoked little hopes as credible selection some of the masses.
The Imams of town, who hold a sway over the large Muslim inhabitants right here, felt that the minorities will have to vote for the strongest secular candidate.
"We would appeal to the minorities to vote in favour of the strongest secular forces in their respective areas. Efforts should be made to ensure that only secular and democratic candidates win," Qazi Fazlur Rahman, the Imam, who conducts prayers on Eid at Red Road annually, advised .
The Red Road Eid prayers witnesses the most important congregation of Muslims in the state.
Rahman's view was once echoed through Shafique Qasmi, Imam of Nakhoda Masjid, the most important mosque in the city, who stressed that the minorities will have to be sure that there was once no department in their votes and only a secular and democratic force involves power.
The minorities, which comprise just about 30 in step with cent of the voters, are a deciding consider just about 16-18 Lok Sabha seats of the state. They are a vote financial institution that every political birthday celebration has attempted to woo.
Parliamentary seats corresponding to Raiganj, Coochbehar, Balurghat, Malda North, Malda South, Murshidabad in north Bengal and seats corresponding to Diamond Harbour, Uluberia, Howrah, Birbhum, Kanthi, Tamluk, Joynagar in south Bengal have very top Muslim inhabitants.
The TMC at the moment holds a super affect over the minority votes in the state however several riots that came about in the remaining 4 years have angered a piece of the minorities.
According to Union Home Ministry knowledge launched in 2018, communal violence higher sharply since 2015 in West Bengal.
While the state recorded 27 incidents of communal violence in 2015, the quantity nearly doubled through 2017 when 58 such incidents had been recorded. The fresh ones being the Basirshat riots in 2017 and Asansol riots in 2018.
The TMC, then again, blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for looking to flare up communal passions to serve its personal political objective and expressed self assurance that it'll repeat its 2014 feat with the assistance of minorities.
"The minorities are very well aware of developmental work that the TMC government has done. Bengal is known for communal harmony but BJP is trying to disturb that for its own political gains," TMC leader and minister Firhad Hakim stated.
According to TMC assets, minorities are likely to vote for the birthday celebration to forestall the march of the BJP.
Since independence, the minorities in the state voted in favour of the Congress to be able to stay outfits just like the Hindu Mahasabha and Jan Sangh at bay.
However, because the past due sixties, they regularly started drifting against the Left forces, which under the management of Jyoti Basu and Promode Dasgupta post an alternate towards the Congress rule in the state.
After the CPI(M)-led Left Front came to power in 1977, via its iconic insurance policies of 'Operation Barga' - giving land to landless farmers which benefited lakhs together with Muslims - cemented its strengthen base some of the minorities.
Riding on the strengthen of minorities and rural Bengal, the Left Front in 1996 and 2004 had sent the largest bloc of 33 and 34 MPs, respectively, to the Lok Sabha.
But issues started falling aside for the Left Front after the Sachar Committee file in 2008 painted a gloomy picture on the condition of minorities in the state.
Adding to their woes was once the anti-land acquisition motion in Nandigram and Singur that made the TMC, led through Mamata Banerjee, as the brand new "saviour" of minorities.
Banerjee unseating the 34-year-old Left Front regime in the state however has been accused of appeasing minorities through the BJP-RSS, which emerged as the main opposition in West Bengal.
"The policies of the state government were only aimed at protecting the interests of a specific community in the state. This has ignited anger among the majority community which feels only BJP can protect their interests," BJP state president Dilip Ghosh stated.
Senior CPI(M) leader and MP Mohammed Salim stated the statement through TMC that it is a saviour of the Muslims in the state has fallen flat in the previous couple of years.
While Leader of Opposition Abdul Mannan stated that minority vote casting trend would rely so much on the credibility of the CPI(M)-Congress alliance in the state.
"If we are able to put up a credible alternative then we too will receive considerable minority votes. But if we fail to do so, TMC will take away the entire share," the senior Congress leader stated.
A deciding issue in several Lok Sabha seats in the state, the minorities especially Muslims are likely to vote for the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) which they perceive as a "credible force" in contrast to the Congress-Communist Party of India (Marxist) alliance, they claimed.
"Despite having anger against the state government over various issues including several riots that took place in the state, the minorities will vote for TMC in the state to ensure their safety and security," Mohammed Kamruzzaman, General Secretary of All Bengal Minority Youth Federation advised .
"In Bengal, TMC is the most credible force as it is in power, when it comes to fight against BJP," he added.
Kamruzzaman, whose organization has the most important following among Muslim youths in the state, stated that the Congress-CPI(M) seat sharing talks have evoked little hopes as credible selection some of the masses.
The Imams of town, who hold a sway over the large Muslim inhabitants right here, felt that the minorities will have to vote for the strongest secular candidate.
"We would appeal to the minorities to vote in favour of the strongest secular forces in their respective areas. Efforts should be made to ensure that only secular and democratic candidates win," Qazi Fazlur Rahman, the Imam, who conducts prayers on Eid at Red Road annually, advised .
The Red Road Eid prayers witnesses the most important congregation of Muslims in the state.
Rahman's view was once echoed through Shafique Qasmi, Imam of Nakhoda Masjid, the most important mosque in the city, who stressed that the minorities will have to be sure that there was once no department in their votes and only a secular and democratic force involves power.
The minorities, which comprise just about 30 in step with cent of the voters, are a deciding consider just about 16-18 Lok Sabha seats of the state. They are a vote financial institution that every political birthday celebration has attempted to woo.
Parliamentary seats corresponding to Raiganj, Coochbehar, Balurghat, Malda North, Malda South, Murshidabad in north Bengal and seats corresponding to Diamond Harbour, Uluberia, Howrah, Birbhum, Kanthi, Tamluk, Joynagar in south Bengal have very top Muslim inhabitants.
The TMC at the moment holds a super affect over the minority votes in the state however several riots that came about in the remaining 4 years have angered a piece of the minorities.
According to Union Home Ministry knowledge launched in 2018, communal violence higher sharply since 2015 in West Bengal.
While the state recorded 27 incidents of communal violence in 2015, the quantity nearly doubled through 2017 when 58 such incidents had been recorded. The fresh ones being the Basirshat riots in 2017 and Asansol riots in 2018.
The TMC, then again, blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for looking to flare up communal passions to serve its personal political objective and expressed self assurance that it'll repeat its 2014 feat with the assistance of minorities.
"The minorities are very well aware of developmental work that the TMC government has done. Bengal is known for communal harmony but BJP is trying to disturb that for its own political gains," TMC leader and minister Firhad Hakim stated.
According to TMC assets, minorities are likely to vote for the birthday celebration to forestall the march of the BJP.
Since independence, the minorities in the state voted in favour of the Congress to be able to stay outfits just like the Hindu Mahasabha and Jan Sangh at bay.
However, because the past due sixties, they regularly started drifting against the Left forces, which under the management of Jyoti Basu and Promode Dasgupta post an alternate towards the Congress rule in the state.
After the CPI(M)-led Left Front came to power in 1977, via its iconic insurance policies of 'Operation Barga' - giving land to landless farmers which benefited lakhs together with Muslims - cemented its strengthen base some of the minorities.
Riding on the strengthen of minorities and rural Bengal, the Left Front in 1996 and 2004 had sent the largest bloc of 33 and 34 MPs, respectively, to the Lok Sabha.
But issues started falling aside for the Left Front after the Sachar Committee file in 2008 painted a gloomy picture on the condition of minorities in the state.
Adding to their woes was once the anti-land acquisition motion in Nandigram and Singur that made the TMC, led through Mamata Banerjee, as the brand new "saviour" of minorities.
Banerjee unseating the 34-year-old Left Front regime in the state however has been accused of appeasing minorities through the BJP-RSS, which emerged as the main opposition in West Bengal.
"The policies of the state government were only aimed at protecting the interests of a specific community in the state. This has ignited anger among the majority community which feels only BJP can protect their interests," BJP state president Dilip Ghosh stated.
Senior CPI(M) leader and MP Mohammed Salim stated the statement through TMC that it is a saviour of the Muslims in the state has fallen flat in the previous couple of years.
While Leader of Opposition Abdul Mannan stated that minority vote casting trend would rely so much on the credibility of the CPI(M)-Congress alliance in the state.
"If we are able to put up a credible alternative then we too will receive considerable minority votes. But if we fail to do so, TMC will take away the entire share," the senior Congress leader stated.
To stop BJP, minorities likely to go with TMC
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