Azmi blames Cong for splitting Muslim votes

He also said if one goes by the performance of the Congress in the city,the party has not done any development work for the Muslims. “Whether we talk of job reservations for Muslims or legalising the slums till year 2000,Congress has just made empty promises. It has been using Muslims as a votebank and has ensured that they stay in bad condition so that the party can play the poverty card and win over them,” he added.

Although the Congress has been repeatedly alleging that the SP had eaten into its votebank which has led to its defeat,it is the lack of work on the part of Congress and NCP workers which has led to their poor performance,said Azmi.

While the SP is keen to contest from various areas in the upcoming parliamentary elections,Azmi said if the Congress is willing to fight for the issues which SP believes in,the party will not contest next elections.

“If Congress is not supporting me in taking up issues close to SP,then we will contest from all the Congress strongholds including North Mumbai,where Sanjay Nirupam has a stronghold,” said Azmi.

The SP had a close defeat in ward 196 where its candidate Neha Khan lost to Congress’s Pallavi Gungekar by just over 200 votes. Similarly in Kherwadi,Santacruz,Congress’s Gulistan Shaikh defeated SP’s Yasmin Shaikh by 500 votes. The SP won nine seats—one in Dharavi,three in Kurla,four in Govandi,one in Pydhonie constituency.

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