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MP Local Body Polls: 92 Muslim Candidates From BJP Elected As Councillors

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“This is the victory of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s effort to include all communities in India’s development journey”, BJP’s state spokesperson said.

New Delhi: Out Of the 6,671 councilors elected to local bodies in Madhya Pradesh last week, 92 were Muslims contesting on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket. According to party leaders, this was the first time that the saffron party awarded tickets to as many as 380 Muslims for local body polls in MP — compared to fewer than 50 in the last polls, held in 2014.

The wards in which the BJP triumphed were said to be a stronghold of the Congress. Defeating Hindu Congress candidates in at least 25 wards, Muslim candidates of the BJP also came second in 209 wards.

Compared to 2014 when the number was 400, this time around, the grand old party fielded 450 Muslim candidates, of whom 344 emerged victorious.

According to the 2011 census Muslims account for 6.57 percent of the population of the state.

“This was the fruit of a strategy to split the Muslim vote to achieve victory in Muslim-majority wards where the BJP could already count on the Hindu vote,” BJP leaders were quoted saying by the print.

“This is the victory of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s effort to include all communities in India’s development journey”, BJP’s state spokesperson said.

He further said, “Votes [by Muslims for the BJP] have shown faith in our policy of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas (everyone’s support, everyone’s development). Our Muslim candidates defeating the Congress’s Hindu candidates marks a significant shift in the state’s politics.”

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Mumbai: On Thursday night another shocker has come from the state of Karnataka when a 23-year-old man named Mohammed Fazil was stabbed and killed just two days after the killing of BJP youth wing leader  Praveen Nettaru on Tuesday night. The gruesome incident took place in Mangalore in Mohammed Fazil’s hometown while he was talking to someone, the killer stepped out of his car with his face masked, came running towards him, and stabbed him.

The ferocious attack was caught on CCTV camera and the police said that it was done in the same pattern as the previous one. Fazil was repeatedly beaten and stabbed with a stick. Even after he collapsed and a mannequin fell on him, one of the men kept hitting him.

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As per the police commissioner, “At around 8 pm (on July 28), there was an incident where a 23-year-old boy was brutally attacked by 4-5 people near Krishnapura Katipalla road, Surathkal. The boy was immediately shifted to a hospital and was declared dead, the man was attacked using a lethal weapon, and a case has been filed at Surathkal police station. Section 144 has also been imposed at Surathkal, Mulki, Bajpe, and Panambur in Mangalore.”

“The reason for attack is not yet known and the investigation is underway” said the police.
Police further added that, Ordinances prohibiting large gatherings were in place until July 30 and no one is allowed to walk outside after 10 pm. All liquor stores remain closed and 19 checkpoints have been set up, including at the Karnataka-Kerala border, where all vehicles will be searched.

The Karnataka Home Minister Araga Gnanendra has said that the attackers will be punished.

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