Ahead of the crucial Mumbai civic polls, president of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee's minority department Nizamuddin Rayeen has quit Congress, accusing the party of ignoring minority community members during election and in decision making.
"I have quit the party as there is no scope for Muslim leadership to evolve and the community is not considered while taking organisational decisions as well as ticket distribution for elections. The party remembers Muslims only as a vote bank," Rayeen told PTI.
He said he will take a decision on his next political step in a day or two.
Rayeen said despite being a Parliamentary Board member, he is not aware of the meeting taking place for selection of candidates for the civic polls scheduled next month.
He said his list of candidates were disregarded.
Of the 227 corporators in Mumbai, only 21 are Muslims. As per the 2011 census, Muslims comprise 20.65 per cent of the city's population.
Hyderabad-headquartered AIMIM is all set to contest the polls eyeing this sizable chunk of voters.
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