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Congress plans to hold minorities convention in Old City
The Congress party is planning to organise a National Minorities Convention in the Old City of Hyderabad in March. The convention will be organised by Greater Hyderabad Congress Committee (GHCC) Minorities wing. Former Corporator Mohammed Ghouse will be convener of proposed convention.
Congress Minorities wing leaders call on AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh in Delhi and apprise him of reasons for the party’s poor performance in GHMC polls
Hyderabad: The Congress party is planning to organise a National Minorities Convention in the Old City of Hyderabad in March. The convention will be organised by Greater Hyderabad Congress Committee (GHCC) Minorities wing. Former Corporator Mohammed Ghouse will be convener of proposed convention.
"Several prominent leaders of Congress party from across the country will participate in the convention where issues pertaining to Muslim community will be discussed. Date and venue for the convention will be finalised after having discussion with TPCC President N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and Leader of Opposition in Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir," according to GHCC Minorities Department Chairman Shaik Abdullah Sohail after meeting AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh at New Delhi on Monday.
Accompanied by other senior leaders who included Syed Nizamuddin, M. Vijay Kumar, Mohammed Ghouse and others, Abdullah Sohail called on Digvijay Singh and other national leaders. He said the Congress High Command had been apprised of the party's campaign in Old City, challenges and difficulties faced during campaign and the result.
Abdullah Sohail said although the results in the GHMC elections were not favourable to the Congress party, it was successful in creating awareness among the people in the Old City, He said it was due to Congress campaign that the MIM was forced to come out with a manifesto titled "Hyderabad Action Plan" for the first time in its history. The MIM had lost its base in almost all the areas of Old City.
Compared to 2014 General Elections, the MIM had lost nearly one lakh votes in GHMC elections. It lost 8,060 votes in Charminar, 17,253 in Chandrayangutta, 10,986 in Bahadurpura, 27,268 in Bahadurpura, 8,976 in Nampally and 23,361 in Malakpet.
The Congress party was able to increase its vote share in Old City by a very slight margin. Congress votes increased by 7,722 in Charminar, 303 in Yakutpura, 338 in Goshamahal and 27,295 in Malakpet. "Although the Congress party did not gain from the MIM loss, but it created awareness among the people to the extent that they voted for TRS with the hope that their grievances would be resolved.
The MIM was able to secure just 19 per cent of actual votes in 60 wards from where it contested. This could also mean that 81 per cent of people did not vote for the MIM," Abdullah Sohail said. Abdullah Sohail said that the Congress party did not enter the Old City just to win the elections or defeat the MIM. He said the Congress party wanted to enlighten them about their problems and possible solutions.
