Why doesn’t BJP appoint a Muslim president? Digvijaya Singh to PM’s jibe at Congress

Senior Congress chief Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday, 15 April, stated the BJP ought to appoint a Muslim occasion president as an alternative of suggesting his occasion achieve this, and added that outstanding leaders from the Muslim group had already held that place within the grand previous occasion previously.

He additionally alleged {that a} “disturbing pattern” was being noticed within the nation whereby minority communities had been being handled as enemies and falsely implicated by the BJP-led governments on the Centre and in states.

His assertion comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated in Haryana that if the Congress actually has sympathy for Muslims, it ought to appoint a Muslim as its president and provides 50 per cent of its tickets to folks from the group.

When reporters requested Digvijaya Singh concerning the PM’s comment, he stated, “Muslims had earlier held the place of president (of the Congress) and we’re pleased with it. In the event that they (BJP) are so involved, why do not they make an individual from the Muslim group their occasion president?”

Through the pre-Independence interval, outstanding Muslim leaders — together with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari, Syed Hasan Imam and Nawab Syed Mohammed Bahadur — had served as Congress presidents.