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MIM cosying up to TRS worries Congress leaders
The Telangana Congress senior leaders and MLAs would be racking their brains soon on the stand to be taken towards the Majlis E Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), which has been moving closely with the ruling TRS. Speaking to the media here on Friday, TPCC president N Uttam Kumar Reddy said that a meeting of senior Congress leaders would be held to discuss the party stand towards the MIM.
Hyderabad: The Telangana Congress senior leaders and MLAs would be racking their brains soon on the stand to be taken towards the Majlis E Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), which has been moving closely with the ruling TRS. Speaking to the media here on Friday, TPCC president N Uttam Kumar Reddy said that a meeting of senior Congress leaders would be held to discuss the party stand towards the MIM.
The TPCC president said that the Congress wanted to have unanimity on the stand to be taken towards the MIM since it would have lot of political implications for the party. Any hasty decision would damage the interests of the party in the 2019 elections, Reddy added.
The gap between the MIM and the Congress has been widening with each passing day and the MIM’s inclination to have close relations with ruling party has been made clear by its floor leader in the Assembly Akbaruddin Owaisi. His speech in the State Assembly on Thursday has clearly indicated MIM would have a tie-up with the ruling party in the next elections.
This has become a major cause of concern for the Congress as a breakup with MIM would damage its political interests in the State. As the MIM holds its sway over among the Muslim community, losing its support would be a major drawback to the Congress. The Congress which has been putting up efforts to improve its political prospects in the State could not afford to lose the MIM, a decades old friend at this stage.
At the same time, there is no opportunity for the Congress to bring back MIM to its fold in the present circumstances as the latter has been developing close relations with the ruling party and is not in a mood to reconsider it. In these circumstances, senior Congress leaders would discuss how to deal with the situation. Whether it would be better to forget the MIM or try to win it over.
If it was not possible to regain the support of the MIM what ways should be adopted to keep Muslim vote bank, would be the questions before the Congress. However, it seems that the Congress is not ready to lose the MIM to the TRS, though the MIM has categorically indicated its political inclinations. It may adopt a wait and watch stand so that the opportunities of winning the MIM back could be used in the future.
As Muslims constitute 12 per cent of the population of the State and are a deciding factor in number of Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies, the Congress wants to maintain harmonious relations with the community. This is possible only with an understanding with the MIM.
