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36 Muslim candidates have won in UP 2022 (24 in 2017): 9 % legislators when population is 18-20 %. Better than all-India rep of minorities in Lok Sabha (4.9 per cent of MPs) - Teesta Setalvad
How would the numbers stack up if those who did not (or could not) vote had in fact voted? Do the opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh not bear any responsibility for the fact that they did not work hard enough to ensure that more anti-BJP voters turned out on polling days? How hard did they work to make them feel safe, or wanted, or important? What role did the refusal of the opposition parties to take a clear stand against the brutal suppression by a Hindu fascist regime of Muslims and Dalits in Uttar Pradesh play in ensuring that many Muslims and Dalits in UP have no faith any longer in the political process? How may that have translated into the fear, apathy, and reticence of UP’s Muslim and Dalit voters? S Shukla