New Delhi: While the BJP and its allies got the maximum benefit from Modi wave but a handful of Muslim candidates who were given the party ticket couldn’t get elected. Out of 282 BJP MPs not a single is Muslim. Although the BJP contested from 428 in this election but it gave tickets to 7 Muslims only. Fortunately or unfortunately none of them won.
However, only one- Shahnawaz Hussain, the three-time MP was expected to win but he also lost by a margin of 9485 votes.
Given below is the list of Muslim candidates who contested this election on BJP ticket but lost miserably and Modi wave didn’t give them any benefit.
State | Constituency | Muslim Candidate | Position | Votes |
Bihar | Bhagalpur | Syed Shahnawaz Hussain | 2 | 358138 |
J&K | Baramulla | Gulam Mohammad Meer | 6 | 6558 |
J&K | Srinagar | Fayaz Ahmed Bhat | 4 | 4467 |
J&K | Anantnag | Mushtaq Ahmad Malik | 4 | 4720 |
WB | Tamluk | Badsah Alam | 3 | 86265 |
WB | Ghatal | Md Alam | 4 | 94842 |
Lakshadweep | Lakshadweep | M.P. Sayed Mohammaed Koya | 5 | 187 |
Total Votes | 555177 |
That is because hindus never vote for any muslim candidate irrespective of the party.
Dear bro, we muslims should not use ”Hindus” word in any way because few disgusting people those said themselves hindus creating non sense & doing in human & anti social acts particularly against Indian muslims. Actually we should use ”Bunch of Disgusting / cheap / non sense / anti human / animals or non productive people” instead using Hindus. I know that good Hindus hate these kind of disgusting people too. Actually mulq me ek esi sarkaar ban chuki hai jo inko choot de rahi hai, jis wajah se ye kameene desh ke virudh kaam kar rahe hain aur innocent & productive human like sadiq shikh jese logon ko katl kar rahe hain. Govt. ko appeal karen ki inko pinjro me band karen warna India ka future barbaad ho jayega. Ye desh tarakki ki taraf ja raha he, jaane den ise barbaadi ki taraf n moden. Isse kisi ka bhi bhala nahi ho sakta. Jo buddhi jeewi aur samajhdaar log hain wo bhi aawaaz uthaayen in non productive jaanwaron ke khilaaf warna iska sabse bada khamiyaza unhe hi bhugatna padega future me. Damini ke liye laakhon logon ne aawaaz uthaayee thi jo achchi baat hai lekin sadiq ke liye koi bhi aawaaz ka na uthna ya bahut kam aawaaz uthna bahut painful hai jo desh ke liye bilkul bhi achcha nahi kaha ja sakta. Jai Hind.
Well said my friend. It is hard to judge the Muslim psyche in India. I cannot believe Muslims disowned Shahnavaz Hussain and even called him Modi ka kutta. They keep disowning their own people whenever someone thinks outside the box or does something different. In India people have learnt to co-exist ( in spite of several unpleasant incidents riots etc) only because majority of people are good human brings from all religions. There are few with extreme ideology and the success of India lies in keeping them isolated and not falling to their traps. In fact it is good for the Muslim community if they have representation in all the parties and especially BJP as it will remain as one of the major political party.
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain sahab have you thought why you have not win MP election even in the Modi wave. I think you have certainly thought about it. When BJP is crying sabaka saath sabakaa vikash. You have lost the saath of the people of your constituency. BJP have kept you not because you are so intelligent and have a mass support. She has kept you only as a mask of muslim. Where the discussion about muslim in BJP came they put you forward and you only talk that point which pleases the BJP and heart the muslim. On the day when you speak true to your heart you will be expelled from BJP. Why you are killing your Zameer. Izzat and Zillat Khuda ke haath hai. Marane ke baad aapko bhi khuda ke saamne jabab dena hoga us din kya bologe.
I shall like to have my two cents worth, as of 9/12/15. I was in Gaya, 7 miles away from Bodh Gaya. I started school in 1949. From that day on till I conducted the 1962 election, as presiding officer,in one of the villages, from where a pet non-Brahmin Congress candidate was Nehru’s choice. The constiuency wanted a man, from the land owner community. Whatever four commenters are trying to say was applicable then, and is applicable now. Majority of Indians, irrespective of their faith, are basically tolerant people. But do you think the Congressites, including N,G,P, and their co-horts in the heart of their heart were better supporters of minorities than the present RSS-guided administration. Had it been so the Zakaria report (Shastri’s time) and the Sachar report (Singh/Sonia time) would have looked different. In other words, statistics regarding Muslims would not have looked worse than those for Dalits. Whose fault is this? Policy, policy, structurally built in. Will it change? Yes, it will and it must. A country of 1.2 billion people can’t afford to remain economically viable with 1/3 of its “manpower,includes all minorities” acting less optimally than required. That is why, all Indians will have to fight for their birthright of being Indian. For a third-world country, India has still people from the minority communities who have been topping @ UPSC. I could not afford to go to a private school. After HS, I never had to pay for upgrading my skills. Using the system, despite its ills, I came out well (@ the top of the class). Government must have special assistance programs. Minorities should be ready to work hard, “do or die”. If Modiji would work like RSS, his % in the next election will bring him down. He took the PMship too early. Let us wish him well. Driving minorities to the sea or caves or anywhere else is undoable. The common sense, past history does not follow them. Indians will mature, God willing. Don’t try to clone others. That is our strength, not weakness.