Tag: List of Muslim MLAs in Assam

Muslims yet again fail to cross proportional representation barrier The 126-member Assam Assembly will have for the first time in 50 years, no Muslim member in the treasury benches. By Abdul Bari Masoud New Delhi:  Only 112 Muslim candidates were elected in four states and one Union Territory in the recently held assembly elections where Muslim voters are in sizable number particularly in Assam, West Bengal and Kerala. Their ratio is between 28 to 35 percent in these states but they yet again failed to cross the proportional barrier as...