Raking up the issue of a “deficit” in representation of Muslims in Parliament, MIM MP from Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi asked for proportional representation since in the past 60 years, the representation of Muslims had not risen in keeping with the proportion of rise in the Muslim population in the country. “Only 471 Muslims have been elected to Parliament so far, and this is the reason for the backwardness of the community,” he said. According to the Hyderabad MP, the 60th year was “the right time to decide on proportional representation”. He said 60 years had not healed the pains of the Muslim community. “I don’t want to carry the baggage of secularism,” he declared.
Give Muslims Due Space In House: Owaisi
Raking up the issue of a “deficit” in representation of Muslims in Parliament, MIM MP from Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi asked for proportional representation since in the past 60 years
