Category: Indian Muslims

Congress scores a self-goal in Telangana By: Syed Amin Jafri The Congress seems to be have scored a self-goal in seeking the minority votes in Friday’s assembly elections in Telangana. The Congress campaigners had been telling the minority voters that “voting for TRS would be like voting for BJP” and that, after the Assembly polls, […]

Minority factor in Telangana elections By: Syed Amin Jafri The ruling TRS scored a landslide victory in last Friday’s Assembly elections in Telangana. All sections of the people– backward classes, upper castes, Dalits, tribals and the minorities.– extended massive support to KCR’s party. TRS bagged 88 out of 119 seats and its vote-share was a […]

Presented at the National Workshop on “Political Empowerment of Muslims in Telangana State: Opportunities and Challenges” at University of Hyderabad on 29th November 2016 By: Syed Amin Jafri One of the key objectives of this workshop is to understand the causes for low levels of political empowerment of Muslims in terms of political representation, political […]