Muslim representation in Parliament increases marginally after 2019 Election
New Delhi: After every election in India, it is very common to see people debating on how many MPs from Minority communities especially Muslim community will march into the parliament according to the people’s mandate and 2019 Lok Sabha Election was no different, as soon as the results of LS Polls 2019 came out people on social media started debating the number of Muslim MPs that were elected.
According to the data available, 27 Muslim candidates from across the country have managed win the elections. Five more than the 22 who managed to win the 2014 General Elections. Six of the 27 newly elected Muslim MPs come from Muslim parties which include 3 from Muslim League, 2 from All India Majlis-e-Ittihadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and 1 from United Democratic Front.
Five Muslim candidates have managed to win the elections on the ticket of Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool Congress (TMC), 4 from Congress, 3 each from SP, BSP and Jammu Kashmir National Conference while NCP, LJP and CPM have sent 1 each candidate from their ranks to the Lok Sabha this time.
On a state-wise table West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh will each have six Muslim MPs from their states in the lower house of the parliament. Kerala and Jammu Kashmir will have 3 each, Assam, Bihar will have 2 each while Lakshwadeep, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Telangana will have 1 each from their states.
27 Muslim MPs account for a merely 4.97% of the total strength of Lok Sabha, but since the numbers have gone up from the previous term it is being welcomed. More so because there were no Muslim MPs in the previous term from state like Uttar Pradesh but the state this time has six Muslim MPs.
The outgoing Lok Sabha had 23 Muslim MPs, the most being from Congress and TMC. The highest number of Muslim MPs were in 1980 when as many as 49 MPs from the community. The previous 14th and 15th Lok Sabha had 30 and 34 Muslim MPs each when Congress-led UPA was in power. In 1984 when Rajiv Gandhi swept to power following the assassination of his mother and then prime minister Indira Gandhi as many as 42 Muslim MPs were there.
The lowest number of Muslim MPs were in 1952 when just 11 were present in the Lok Sabha.
The list of Muslim MPs that have won the 2019 elections is as follow:
Assam
Barpeta - Abdul Khaleque (INC)
Dhubri - Badruddin Ajmal (AIUDF)
Bihar
Khagaria - Choudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser (LJP)
Kishanganj - Dr Mohammad Jawed (INC)
Jammu & Kashmir
Anantnag - Hasnain Masoodi (JKNC)
Baramulla - Mohammed Akbar Lone (JKNC)
Srinagar - Farooq Abdullah (JKNC)
Kerala
Alappuzha - Adv. A M Ariff (CPI-M)
Malappuram - P.K. Kunhalikutty (IUML)
Ponnani - E.T. Mohammed Basheer (IUML)
Lakshwadeep
Lakshwadeep - Mohammed Faizal PP (NCP)
Maharashtra
Aurangabad - Syed Imtiaz Jaleel (AIMIM)
Punjab
Faridkot - Mohammad Sadique (INC)
Tamil Nadu
Ramanathapuram - K. Navas Kani (IUML)
Telangana
Hyderabad - Asaduddin Owaisi (AIMIM)
Uttar Pradesh
Amroha - Kunwar Danish Ali (BSP)
Ghazipur - Afzal Ansari (BSP)
Moradabad - Dr. S.T. Hasan (SP)
Rampur - Mohammad Azam Khan (SP)
Saharanpur - Haji Fazlur Rehman (BSP)
Sambhal - Dr. Shafiqur Rehman Barq (SP)
West Bengal
Arambagh - Aparupa Poddar alias Afrin Ali (AITC)
Basirhat - Nusrat Jahan Ruhi (AITC)
Jangipur - Khalilur Rehman (AITC)
Maldaha Dakshin - Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury (INC)
Murshidabad - Abu Taher Khan (AITC)
Uluberia - Sajda Ahmed (AITC)
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Bihar: Over 150 children fall ill after consuming 'mid-day meal' in Saharsa
Saharsa (PTI): More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred at a middle school in Baluaha village of the district.
The official said that 115 children were undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital, while around 50 students were admitted to Mahishi Public Health Centre.
“We received information that several children fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal in Baluaha. The children were initially treated at the primary health centre, but later, many were referred to the Sadar Hospital,” Saharsa District Magistrate Deepesh Kumar told reporters.
“According to doctors, the health condition of the children has improved, but they will be kept under observation for some time. There is no need to panic. Some kids are having mild fever. They are being treated accordingly,” Kumar said.
Meanwhile, family members of some children claimed that a snake was found in the container in which cooked pulses was stored at the school.
Of the 545 students present in the school, 200 had already eaten their meals by the time the snake was spotted, and later complained of stomach ache and vomiting, they said.
Regarding the claims, the DM said food samples have been collected from the school.
“We will be able to comment on this only after the results of the tested samples arrive,” he said.
