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Muslim Personal Law Board’s Shariat campaign draws Pasmanda pushback – ‘Could polarise voters’

September 03, 2026 12:13 pm

Through the campaign, which begins on September 17 and will run for three months, the AIMPLB said it wanted to highlight its concerns over the Uniform Civil Code adopted by various states, framing it as an attack on Muslim identity and religious freedoms.

Pasmanda Muslims quota: SC adjourns plea by 4 weeks

Supreme Court adjourns plea on quota for Pasmanda Muslims by 4 weeks

February 24, 2026 4:02 am

Taking up the plea, a bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymala Bagchi asked senior advocate Anjana Prakash, who appeared for the petitioner Mohd Waseem Saifi, “Ultimately what are you asking for? You want us to legislate?”

Pasmanda Muslims have been the subject of several BJP outreach initiatives, from sammelans and sneh yatras to meetings with intellectuals. (File Photo)

As BJP prepares for UP review, one big question: Why didn’t Pasmanda Muslims vote for it?

June 17, 2024 7:39 am

Pasmandas, who account for 80% of the minority community’s population in UP, have been at the centre of the BJP’s outreach since 2022 but the party’s efforts did not bear fruit in the Lok Sabha polls.

Almost all victims of mob lynching, 'bulldozer culture' are Pasmanda Muslims, says report

February 28, 2024 2:20 am

All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz draws on Bihar caste survey to underline backwardness in community, seeks laws for protection; founder-MP Ali Anwar Ansari questions Oppn “silence”