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Lok Sabha elections 2024: Muslim anger poses danger to Congress
Updated On: 27 April, 2024 07:13 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra Jore
‘Minority’s choice’ Arif Naseem Khan steps down as party’s star campaigner after snub
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Arif Naseem Khan. File pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
Muslims had hoped that the Congress would field a representative from their community, at least in the Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency, where they have a number that can impact the election result. The party hadn’t named candidates for the two remaining segments in the state, Mumbai North Central and Mumbai North, till Thursday evening. But as it turned out, it chose Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad for the former seat, ignoring Muslim aspirant and the party’s state working president, Arif Naseem Khan. The development has caused a big uproar and led to Khan resigning as the Congress star campaigner, who was expected to woo Muslims into voting for the party.
It is learnt that the Congress chose Gaikwad, an Ambedkarite Marathi Dalit, over a Muslim leader, fearing Hindu-Muslim polarisation not just here, but in other segments of Mumbai and the MMR. However, community leaders refused to buy the logic. Insiders said restive Muslims from across the state had been calling Khan since Thursday evening, demanding to know the reasons for the ‘injustice’.
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