Parties such as the AIMIM and Abbas Siddiqui’s ISF, which have been seen as having the potential to deal a blow to the TMC’s minority help base, didn’t make an impression in the West Bengal meeting polls as the minorities threw their weight behind Mamata Banerjee in her high-stakes contest towards the BJP. According to the developments and outcomes, the Indian Secular Front (ISF), which had stitched an alliance with the Left events and the Congress, and was contesting on 26 seats, was a dismal displaying in the 292 meeting segments that went to polls.
The Asaduddin Owaisi-led occasion, which contested seven seats in the state polls, additionally drew a clean, cornering a megre 0.02 per cent vote share. Parties seen having a substantial clout among the many Muslims additionally didn’t give you a decisive displaying in different states. The Indian Union Muslim League was main or had received 15 seats in Kerala and its alliance with the United Democratic Front (UDF) was headed for a ballot defeat to the ruling Left Democratic Front.
Another occasion thought-about having a robust help base amongst Muslims, the Badruddin Ajmal-led All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) fared higher, successful or main on 15 seats out of the over 20 seats it contested. But its alliance with the Congress and different events didn’t cease the BJP from coming again to energy. It was the dismal efficiency of the ISF led by Siddiqui, who’s an influential cleric of the shrine of Furfura Sharif, and Owaisi’s AIMIM in West Bengal that has been beneath highlight.
Minorities, who comprise almost 30 per cent of Bengal’s citizens, are a deciding issue in almost 100 seats of the state. The BJP, which didn’t breach the TMC’s minority strongholds, had been hoping that the ISF would be capable of break up Muslim votes, giving them a bonus, in keeping with analysts.
Since Independence, minorities in the state have voted in favour of the Congress to maintain outfits such as the Hindu Mahasabha and the Jan Sangh at bay. During the late sixties, nonetheless, they regularly began drifting in the direction of the Left forces, which cemented its base amongst minorities with ”Operation Barga” — a land-reform motion that benefited lakhs of sharecroppers.
Things fell aside for the Left Front after the Sachar Committee report in 2008 painted a dismal image of the residing situations of minorities. Add to that, the anti-land acquisition motion in Nandigram and Singur projected the TMC, led by Mamata Banerjee, as their new “saviour”. The Mamata Banerjee camp had been the only beneficiary of minority votes because the Left Front’s exit in 2011, as Muslims have voted en bloc for the TMC, however its failure to regulate communal riots over the past six years didn’t go down effectively with a part of the group.
However, the group appears to have voted en bloc for the TMC to maintain the BJP out, in keeping with observers.
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