TDP-BJP tie up: Hard choice for minority voters

Polling is to be held in the Seemandhra region on May 7 while voting in the Telangana region was completed on April 30.  

Muslim voters are largely expected to back the Jaganmohan Reddy-led YSR Congress this time while Congress, too, is eyeing a share of the votes of the minority community.  

Habeebur Rahman, president of Muslim United Front, a non-political organisation based in Vijayawada, said, “Minorities would be supporting Muslim candidates fielded by both parties (Congress and YSR Congress) in the Assembly segments.  

“In Lok Sabha constituencies, we would support a common candidate, either from YSR Congress or Congress, based on their personal credentials to ensure that Muslim votes are not divided.”

YSR Congress has put up only four candidates from the minority community for Assembly elections to 175 seats while it has not fielded any minority community contestant in the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in Seemandhra.