Votes Muslim group to Affect Indian Elections

Votes Muslim group to Affect Indian Elections

Muslim groups are uncomfortable with the popularity kandidate prime minister of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party , Narendra Modi .

Muslim minority in India can provide a significant impact on the outcome of the vote in a democratic election in the history of the world .

Muslim groups are uncomfortable with the popularity kandidate prime minister of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party , Narendra Modi .

Grand Mosque imam of New Delhi , Syed Ahmed Bukhari , urging Muslims to vote for the Congress Party , which is currently the ruling party in India .

Voting began this week in the first phase which will continue in the next five weeks .

Muslims cover about 13 percent of the population in some regions of India and Muslim voices can play a key role in deciding the winner , according to analysts .

There are 35 constituencies where Muslims cover about 30 percent of the electorate . Then there's 150 other constituencies where the Muslim population of nearly 10 per cent of the total voters , which means the 543 -seat House of Representatives , there are about 200 seats where Muslim voices can impact on the election results .

But analysts said that while there is the ability to influence the outcome of the election , Muslims in India should not be seen as a whole because they do not agree with one voice about which party is selected .

The voters , both Hindu and Muslim , seen a candidate that they think will serve them well , instead of choosing based on ethnicity or religion .

The surveys also show that Muslims can not be driven by anyone to choose one considers partai.Mereka poverty , unemployment and education as their major issue .

But experts say the election is difficult to find patterns among the Indian Muslims . In the previous elections in Gujarat , four of the 10 Muslim Chief Minister Narendra Modi chose .

By many in India , Modi is considered controversial because of what happened to one of the worst sectarian violence in the nation's history in 2002 , when hundreds of Muslims were killed in Gujarat state . Modi is the chief minister at the time and the critics said he was not much or not doing anything to stop the violence .

The fact that Modi receives significant Muslim voice in Gujarat shows that Muslims will choose whoever they think will serve them well despite his past shows violence .

However, analysts say Modi is difficult for the party , the BJP , which emerged as the biggest challenger to the ruling Congress Party , to attract Muslim voters across the country .VOA