MIM Sabotage Congress Prospects In Municipal Elections
- MIM municipal elections strategy draws Congress warning
- Congress alleges vote split helps BJP during municipal elections
Hyderabad: Former president of the Hyderabad District Congress Committee and Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency in charge Mohammed Waliullah Sameer on January 31 accused the All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen of attempting to sabotage Congress prospects in the ongoing municipal elections in Telangana. He warned people to remain alert about what he described as the political intentions of the MIM during the polls.
Sameer said the MIM was following a political approach centred on religion and community in the name of minority protection. However, he said this strategy was weakening secular forces. He also said it was indirectly strengthening the Bharatiya Janata Party. According to him, repeated electoral experiences across the country showed that such politics benefited the BJP by dividing opposition votes. Therefore, he urged voters to closely examine the impact of such interventions.
Meanwhile, referring to political developments in Maharashtra and other states, Sameer said MIM’s electoral interventions had caused serious damage to the Congress. He said this damage occurred mainly due to the division of anti BJP votes in closely contested elections. He added that despite the MIM claiming to oppose the BJP at the ideological level, its actions on the ground often resulted in outcomes favourable to the saffron party.
Sameer alleged that a similar pattern was now visible in Telangana. He said the MIM was trying to expand its electoral presence during the municipal elections by targeting traditional Congress vote banks. According to him, this move posed a direct threat to the collective strength of secular and democratic forces in the state. He said such efforts weakened opposition unity at a critical time.
He also referred to the stand taken by Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Mahesh Kumar Reddy. Sameer said the TPCC chief had clearly stated that the Congress would maintain equal distance from both the BJP and the MIM. He said both parties were involved in the politics of polarisation and religious mobilisation. While the BJP did this openly, he said the MIM sustained the same polarisation indirectly, which then helped the BJP consolidate its base.
Later, Sameer said minorities and secular minded voters should judge political actions by their outcomes rather than words. He said the protection of constitutional values, secularism and social harmony required unity among democratic forces. He added that experiments leading to vote division only weakened the opposition. He reiterated that the Congress remained committed to inclusive governance, genuine minority empowerment and the protection of constitutional principles, and appealed to voters to reject divisive politics.
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