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UP election: It would’ve been better if BJP had given tickets to Muslims, says Naqvi

ByPTI, New Delhi
Mar 06, 2017 10:17 AM IST

It would have been better if the BJP gave tickets to Muslims for the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Monday.

It would have been better if the BJP gave tickets to Muslims for the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Monday.

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi talks to media outside Parliament in New Delhi.(PTI File Photo)
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi talks to media outside Parliament in New Delhi.(PTI File Photo)

He added that the BJP believes in taking along all the sections of the society and the community will be adequately compensated after the party forms government in the state.

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Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Uma Bharti had reportedly made similar comments earlier.

“As far as tickets are concerned, it would have been better (if tickets were given to Muslims).”

“We will address their concern by compensating them when we form government in the state,” Naqvi said, without elaborating in what ways the party will deal with the issue.

The minister said the NDA government’s performance should not be assessed in the light of the BJP not offering tickets to Muslims.

“The BJP believes in taking along all the sections of the society. We formed government at the Centre with cooperation of all. Similarly, we will form government in the state...,” he said.

Home minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh had reportedly said on Thursday that Muslims should have been given tickets. Water resources minister Bharti echoed similar views on Sunday.

The BJP has not fielded even a single Muslim candidate in the state, which has sizeable Muslim population and is considered crucial in the country’s electoral politics.

The fifth round of polling is underway for 51 assembly constituencies spread across 11 districts of the state.

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