Sunni Ulma board chief requires Muslim deputy CM put up, Home Ministry and further for Muslims, says these ensures have been made by Congress sooner than the election
On May 14, Muslim leaders from the Sunni Ulma Board demanded {{that a}} Muslim should get the put up of deputy chief minister in Karnataka from the profitable candidates of the group. They moreover demanded portfolios like Home, Revenue, Health and completely different departments for five Muslim MLAs. Karnataka State Waqf Board chief Shafi Sadi claimed 72 constituencies went into Congress’s arms solely as a result of Muslims. 15 Muslim candidates have been fielded by Congress throughout the elections, out of which 9 acquired.
He talked about, “We already said before the elections that the deputy chief minister should be a Muslim and that 30 seats be given to us. We got 15, and nine Muslim candidates won. In about 72 constituencies, Congress won purely because of the Muslims. We, as a community, have given a lot to the Congress. Now it’s time we get something in return. We want a Muslim deputy chief minister and five ministers with good portfolios like Home, Revenue, and Education. It’s the responsibility of Congress to thank us for this. We held an emergency meeting in the Sunni Ulma board office to ensure all these are implemented.”
Regarding which MLA should get a portfolio, he talked about that it is as a lot because the Congress get collectively to resolve based totally on their work. Sadi recognized that in canvassing, the Muslim candidates moreover went to completely different constituencies and ensured Muslim voters carried out a key place in Congress’s victory. He talked about, “Many Muslim candidates have also visited other constituencies and canvassed there, ensuring Hindu-Muslim unity, sometimes leaving their constituency behind. So they have a key role in the Congress’s victory. They have to have an ideal Deputy CM from the Muslim community. It is their responsibility.”
The demand was put sooner than the elections. As the group leaders have put up their requires sooner than the elections, Sadi demanded that they be fulfilled. He talked about, “We only ask for a Deputy CM to be the Muslim. Ideally, it should be a Muslim CM because Karnataka has never had one in its history, and 90 lakh people in the state are Muslims. We are the largest minority community apart from the SCs. We didn’t get the 30+ seats we wanted. But we at least want five Muslim ministers like during SM Krishna’s period and now a Deputy CM. That’s what we want.”
Congress acquired the Karnataka Assembly elections
On May 13, the outcomes of the 2023 Karnataka Assembly elections have been launched. Congress returned to vitality as the one largest get collectively by profitable 135 out of 224 Assembly seats. BJP acquired 66 seats, and JD(S) grabbed 19 seats. Two seats went to the neutral candidates, whereas Kalyana Rajya Pragati Paksha and Sarvodya Karnataka Paksha acquired 1-1 seat each. Not to neglect, the Congress get collectively talked about it may carry 4 per cent Muslim reservation as soon as they arrive once more to vitality. It was scrapped by the then-BJP authorities and have turn into one among many major elections factors.
