RJD, the main opposition party of Bihar, had earlier hinted that it was exploring the possibility of contesting some seats on the Bengal-Bihar border in the Bengal Assembly elections, which will be held in eight phases starting March 27. "TMC is BJP's biggest enemy, hence we held discussions with TMC, but only to assess the situation at present," Siddiqui had said. Last month, an RJD delegation, led by senior party leaders like Abdul Bari Siddiqui and Shyam Rajak, held talks with TMC leader and Mamata's nephew Abhishek Banerjee.Īddressing the media, RJD's principal general secretary Abdul Bari Siddiqui had then said a decision to form an alliance with a non-BJP secular party would be taken by its central leadership. But right now, the community's concern is to stop BJP from coming to power.Sources said the RJD will extend all support to TMC in its battle against a resurgent BJP. It's true Muslim presence even in secular parties is low, their share in power abysmally so. Do Muslims not remain politically marginalised? Your name was once floated for the CM's post. Paswan was once a harsh BJP critic and claimed to be a paragon of secular values. If our alliance is unholy, what would you say about BJP's with Ram Vilas Paswan, Up endra Kushwaha and Jitan Manjhi? BJP's allied with self-declared secular parties else where too. Mohan Bhagwat only articulated the Sangh majority's view that reservation should be scrapped.īJP calls Mahagathbandhan an unholy alliance. Next day it supports quota for the de prived. One day it says it's against reservation. The Constitution says any group that's backward should be helped. Muslims understand this and know BJP, especially under Narendra Modi, should be stopped in Bihar.īut BJP claims it wants sabka vikas appeasement of none What's at stake is our democratic, secular ethos. Modi insulted Nitishji and Laluji by questioning Nitish ji's DNA and calling Laluji a shaitan. This election is a fight between mindsets of apmaan (insult) and swabhiman (prestige). Secular forces, irrespective of caste and religion, back the grand alliance as this election will change the course of politics, not just in Bihar but in the nation. Most Muslims call Mahagathbandhan a necessary evil, a compulsion, for neither Nitish nor Lalu did much for them and the community has no option We'll find a way out see how we can provide quotas for Muslims who lag behind even Dalits. BJP is opposed to quota as it doesn't want to share power and wealth with the poor. We'll only be implementing what various bodies, including the Ranganath Misra and Sachar committees, recommended.They concluded that Muslims are educationally, socially and economically backward, deserve quotas in jobs and education. If we form government and give Muslims reservation, we won't commit a sin. There's no plan to disturb the state's reservation policy. Excerpts:Īfter Modi said RJD-JDU-Congress would give 5% reservation to a “particular community“ from the SCs, STs and backwards quota, BJP's followed it up with ads about the grand alliance's “dangerous plan“ to give quotas to minorities (read Muslims).
Advocating quotas for Muslims, he tells Mohammed Wajihuddin that PM Modi's statement on minority quota is misleading and that, if it forms government, the grand alliance will find a way to give quotas to backward Muslims without disturbing the existing formula. Former leader of opposition in Bihar assembly, a Lalu confidant and RJD's Muslim face Abdul Bari Siddiqui is seeking re-election from Alinagar.
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