Bengaluru, May 15: As per the result of the Karnataka Assembly election announced on Tuesday, the number of Muslim MLAs has come down to seven, which is the lowest number in the history of the state. In the last election, total 11 Muslims were elected to the Assembly.

UT Khader from Mangaluru, Raheem Khan from Bidar, Jameer Ahmed from Chamarajapete in Bengaluru, Kaneez Fathima from Kalaburgi North, Tanveer Sait from Narasimharaja in Mysuru, Roshan Beig from Shivajinagar and NA Harris from Shantinagar in Bengaluru were elected from Congress.

Fyroz Sheit, Iqbal Ansari and Moideen Bava who were elected from Belagavi North, Gangavati and Mangaluru North respectively in the last election were defeated this time.

Only One MLA from Christian community

KJ George who was elected from Sarvagna Nagar in Bengaluru was the lone MLA from Christian community in this election. JR Lobo who was elected from Mangaluru South last year was defeated this time. However, Ivan D’Souza, belonging to Christian community, is an MLC.

 

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Washington (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Friday said he had a "very good conversation" with his "friend" Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

He was referring to the talks the two leaders had on Tuesday.

"I had a very good talk with him, and he's a friend of mine from India, and he's doing great. We had a very good conversation," Trump told reporters here as he headed to Las Vegas to address a roundtable on tax cuts.

Trump had called Modi on Tuesday to discuss the bilateral relationship and share perspectives on the situation in West Asia, where the US and Israel have launched a war on Iran.

The US and Iran declared a two-week ceasefire on April 7. They engaged in peace talks with Washington, insisting that Tehran give up its pursuit of nuclear weapons and uranium enrichment.

The war with Iran has sent gas prices soaring as Tehran blocked the sea lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow gateway for a fifth of global oil supplies.

During the Trump-Modi phone call on Tuesday, the two leaders stressed the importance of keeping the Strait of Hormuz open and secure.

According to the US Ambassador to India Sergei Gor, the 40-minute conversation ended with Trump telling Modi, "we all love you".

Tuesday's phone call was the second between the two leaders since the US-Israel war with Iran began on February 28.