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 ALL INDIA MUSLIM
MAJLIS-e-MUSHAWARAT
AIMMM Supports INC in
Haryana
Calls Upon Secular Voters to defeat the BJP and the INLD
New Delhi, 17 January, 2005: Shri Syed Shahabuddin, President of the All India Muslim Majlis- e-Mushawarat (AIMMM), has issued the following Statement :
“Haryana is going to poll on 3 February, 2005 to elect 90 members of the Assembly.
As the situation stands, the INC, the INLD and the BJP are contesting all the seats.
The All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM) advises the Muslim and other secular voters to vote massively and unitedly generally for the INC candidates, as the INLD, in the present context, will only cut into secular votes and thus help the BJP to win in some constituencies.
Due representation of minorities in the legislature is a hallmark of democracy. It should be one of the political objectives of the secular parties to ensure such representation. The Muslims, the biggest minority, in Haryana with 5.8% of the population, are entitled to 5 seats. There are only about half a dozen seats in Haryana with high Muslim concentration. The INC has fielded 5 Muslim candidates from Chhachharwali, Kaithal, Ferozepur, Jhirka, Nuh and Taoro. Therefore, in Muslim concentration constituencies, the AIMMM advises the secular voters, including the Muslims, to ensure the victory of the Muslim candidates of the INC and not to divide their votes if more than one Muslim candidates are in the fray.
Sd/- Syed Shahabuddin
ALL INDIA MUSLIM
MAJLIS-e-MUSHAWARAT
N-44, Abul Fazal Enclave, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi - 110 025 Phone: 2632
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