First Muslim candidate in BJP’s first list
BJP has released its first list of 195 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 on Saturday. While the names of many veteran leaders are included in this list, the only candidate in this list, Abdul Salam, has been given ticket from Malappuram, Kerala. Let us tell you that in this list, BJP has given tickets to 12 of its candidates from Kerala and the name of the only Muslim candidate who has been given ticket is Abdul Salam.
In Kerala, BJP has expressed confidence in Muslim candidate Abdul Salam because he is a secular face there. There was a discussion about the name of Abdul Salam for a long time, which has been confirmed today. The next list of BJP is yet to come, so it remains to be seen how many Muslim candidates the BJP fields and whether it will try its trick in other states like Kerala.
Know who is Abdul Salam
Dr. Abdul Salam comes from Tirur and is a BJP leader. Abdul Salam was the Vice Chancellor of Calicut University and served as Vice Chancellor from 2011 to 2015. At that time, his nomination was made by UDF, which is controlled by Congress. But, in the year 2019 he joined BJP. According to My Neta.info, his net worth is Rs 6 crore 47 lakh and there is no criminal case registered against him.
Will BJP stick to the old equation?
Let us tell you that there are many such seats in Uttar Pradesh also, where minority candidates can be fielded. But BJP announces the names of the candidates only after doing its complete calculations. For example, in UP, BJP has fielded Parmeshwar Lal Saini from Muslim dominated seat Sambhal, Kanwar Singh Tanwar from Amroha and Ghanshyam Lodhi from Rampur. In Rampur, where Muslim voters dominate, Ghanshyam Lodhi had won the last by-election and in the 2014 elections, Sambhal seat was won by BJP. It seems that BJP is following its old social equation.
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