MCD Elections 2012: Will number of Muslim councilors go up?

By TCN Staff Reporter,

New Delhi: There are just 11 Muslim councilors in the 272-seat Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Will the number go up in the elections going to be held on 15th April? Difficult to say ‘Yes’, because the party which has overwhelming majority of the sitting Muslim councilors has fielded very few from the minority community though it is contesting all 272 seats alone.

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Of 11 Muslim councilors, 8 are from Congress, 1 from Bharatiya Janata Party while 2 are from Lok Janshakti Party of Ram Vilas Paswan.

Sitting Muslim Councilors in MCD

The party has replaced some sitting Muslim councilors with new faces from the community. Mahmood Zia, councilor of ward Bazar Sita Ram has been replaced with Seema Tahira. While it has again given ticket to Shoaeb Danish in Zakir Nagar ward but has replaced Jamaluddin of Okhla ward with Samira Begum.

This time the election for Zakir Nagar ward has attracted more media attraction thanks to Ziaur Rahman in the fray. Rahman is one of the Azamgarh youths arrested after the Batla House encounter and made accused in Delhi serial blasts case of September 2008. Rahman is contesting the poll from jail in Ahmedabad. He is also an accused in Ahmedabad serial blasts.

The Congress has fielded 19 Muslim candidates while the BJP has fielded 5 Muslims.

Muslim candidates of Congress

Muslim candidates of BJP

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