In Tamil Nadu, despite putting up Muslim candidates, the NCP, BSP and LJP could not prevent the DMK from winning in Vellore, which has a sizable percentage of minority votes. Andhra Pradesh experienced terror attacks and riots during the Congress regime; thus communal forces were hopeful, as were numerous small parties fielding Muslim candidates, of cashing in on emotions running high over the incarceration of young Muslims. Lo and behold, the BJP was decimated and so were those candidates, rejected for governance, development and stability. Meanwhile, various Muslim organisations in Gujarat, MP, Maharashtra and Rajasthan expressed anguish at how few Muslims had been nominated by the Congress. Yet the results clearly show that numerous Muslim candidates put up by the SP and BSP were firmly rejected in favour of candidates put up by the UPA.
Indeed, even in his Raigad bastion, Minister for Minority Affairs A.R. Antulay lost; his penchant for polarisation failed to cut any ice.
In Bihar, Muslims joined with all sections of society in voting for the “back-on-tracks” vision of Nitish Kumar. (Ironically, Maulana Asrarul Haq, a Deobandi cleric and a vociferous proponent of the nuclear deal, was the only Muslim to win out of five minority candidates put up by the Congress. All the dons, irrespective of religion, were routed comprehensively.)
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