11th president of the Samastha Kerala Jem-Iyyathul Ulama, Syed Muhammad Jiffiri Muthukoya Thangal | Photo: E Gokul
Kozhikode: The mouthpiece of Samastha Kerala Jem-Iyyathul Ulama, Suprabhatham daily, has requested that the Congress take into consideration running a Muslim candidate in Wayanad in the event that Rahul Gandhi decides to resign from the seat.
According to an editorial that ran in the newspaper on Wednesday, there will be very little Muslim representation in the Lok Sabha because no party has given representation for the minority in proportion to the size of the population, the New Indian Express reported.
“T Siddique was considered for the Wayanad seat, which was represented by M I Shanawaz twice. But Siddique paved the way for Rahul Gandhi in 2019. In this circumstance, Congress should consider a Muslim candidate,” the editorial said.
"Those who rule the country should have the realisation that keeping Muslim community out of the democratic process will send a wrong signal in society,” it further said.