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Karnataka: Bidar MLA Rahim Khan Takes Oath As Cabinet Minister In Siddaramaiah Govt

June 13, 2023Community Involvement / Social Issues, Karnataka (under research project), LeadersBZ Zameer Ahmed Khan, Indian Muslims in Politics, Minister Rahim Khan - Karnataka, Muslims of Bengaluru, Muslims of Bengaluru in Politics, Muslims of Bidar, Muslims of India, Muslims of India in Politics, Muslims of Karnataka, Positive News of Indian Muslims, Positive News of Muslims of Bengaluru, Positive News of Muslims of Karnataka, Positive Stories of Muslims of Bengaluru, Rahim Khan - Bidar - Congress, Rahim Khan - Bidar MLA, UT Khadermpositiveone@gmail.com

Bidar, KARNATAKA:

Bidar MLA Rahim Khan, who emerged victorious in the recently held Karnataka Assembly Elections, took oath as a cabinet minister in the Siddaramaiah government on Saturday. The swearing-in ceremony was held at Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru, where Khan pledged his commitment to serving the people of Karnataka.

Rahim Khan, a two-time MLA, secured a resounding victory by defeating JD(S)’s Suryakanth Nagamarpalli with a margin of 10,780 votes. His triumph in the elections solidified his position as one of the prominent representatives of the Congress party in the region. Today, he joined the ranks of 24 Congress MLAs who were sworn in as cabinet ministers in the newly elected Karnataka government.

Nine Muslim representatives all from Congress party had won the election in the Karnataka assembly elections, despite multiple political parties fielding Muslim candidates in the elections.

Congress had fielded 15 Muslim candidates, while Janata Dal (Secular) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) fielded 21 and 15 Muslim candidates, respectively. The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) had fielded 11 Muslim candidates, and All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) had fielded 1 Muslim candidate.

Among the victorious Muslim MLAs, BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan, a five-time MLA from Chamrajpet, was earlier inducted as a cabinet minister on the same day Congress leader Siddaramaiah was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Karnataka.

Additionally, the Congress party appointed former Karnataka Minister and Mangaluru MLA UT Khader as the Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. UT Khader made history by becoming the first Muslim to hold this prestigious position in the state’s legislative history. He was elected unopposed as the opposition BJP and JD(S) did not field their candidates.

source: http://www.thecognate.com / The Cognate / Home> News / by Shaik Zakeer Hussain / May 27th, 2023

Karnataka elections 2018: Here is a list of winning Muslim candidates

May 17, 2018Community Involvement / Social Issues, Karnataka (under research project), LeadersAbdul Hameed Mushrif, Aziz Sait, B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan, Fairoz Nuruddin Saith, Iqbal Ansari, Iqbal Hussain H.A., Kaneez Fatima, M N Haris, Mohammad Ismail Tamatgar, Mohammed Nalpad Haris, Qamar Ul Islam-Gulbarga, Rahim Khan - Bidar, Rahim Khan - Bidar - Congress, Roshan Baig, Syed Azeempeer Khadri, Syed Yaseen, Tanveer Sait, UT Abdul Khadermpositiveone@gmail.com

KARNATAKA :

Bengaluru :

This election saw the lowest Muslim representation in Karnataka Assembly unlike the 2013 Assembly polls where number had gone up to eleven.

Only seven of the Muslim candidates won their seats and incidentally all are from Congress party. Also, five of them had won the 2013 Assembly polls on the party ticket.

Congress, the ruling party in Karnataka fielded 17 Muslim candidates, JD(S) do have Muslim candidates while the saffron party (BJP) does not have a single Muslim candidate.

Among the winners is Kaneez Fatima, the sole Muslim woman won the Gulbarga Uttar constituency by defeating Chandrakant Patil of Bhartiya Janata Party by 5,940 votes. Her husband late Qamar Ul Islam had won the seat in 2013.

Veteran politician Roshan Baig won his stronghold Shivajinagar constituency by defeating BJP leader Katta Subramanya Naidu with a margin over 15,000 votes.

UT Abdul Khader, minister for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs in the Siddaramaiah cabinet, won Mangalore constituency by 19,739 seats, defeating Santosh Kumar Rai Boliyaru of BJP by 19,737 votes. Khader won 80,813 votes while BJP’s Santosh trailed behind with 61,074.

B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan, former JD(S) legislator, who defected to Congress in March this year won the Chamrajpet constituency in Bangalore city by beating M Lakshminarayana of BJP with margin of 33,137 votes.

After Aziz Sait’s death, his son Tanveer Sait proved a winning horse for the party. Tanveer won the Narasimharaja constituency defeating BJP’s Sandesh Swamy by 18,127 votes. Sait is the Primary and Secondary Education Minister in the Siddaramaiah cabinet.

Mohammed Nalapad Haris or NA Haris won from Shantinagar seat with margin of 18,205 votes by defeating K Vasudevamurthy.

Rahim Khan has emerged victorious in Bidar assembly constituency with 73270 votes. The 52-year-old incumbent MLA defeated BJP’s Suryakanth Nagmarpalli who got 63025 votes.

Besides these seven winners, nine other Mulsim candidates finished at No. 2 in this poll.

Of the 222 assembly constituencies which went to polls on May 12, the Congress party has won in 78 seats, while the JD-S has won 37 seats. The BJP emerged as the single-largest party with 104 seats.

Interestingly, the Congress polled more votes this time (38 per cent) than in the 2013 assembly election, when got 36.76 per cent votes.

source: http://www.siasat.com / The Siasat Daily / Home> Bangalore> Breaking News> News> Politics> Real Estate> Top Stories / May 16th, 2018