Maharashtra voting figures belie ‘vote jihad’ claims: Samajwadi Occasion MLA

Samajwadi Occasion legislator Rais Shaikh on Wednesday, 25 December, mentioned the outcomes of meeting constituencies in Maharashtra with a sizeable Muslim presence disprove the declare that the minority neighborhood votes en masse in opposition to the BJP.

The MLA from Bhiwandi (East) cited voting figures to say that the BJP-led Mahayuti coalition received 21 out of 38 seats within the 20 November elections, the place the Muslim inhabitants ranges from 20 per cent to 52 per cent.

Many of the profitable candidates have been Hindus, Shaikh mentioned in a press release right here.

“If ‘vote Jihad’ existed, this might not have been the case. Some Mahayuti candidates received by a margin of as little as 1,500 votes. However the declare of ‘vote Jihad’ has been used to malign the Muslim neighborhood,” he alleged.