Gujarat: Owaisi greeted with black flags, Modi chants by native Muslim youths in Surat East constituency

Muslim youths in Surat East constituency, the place AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi addressed a public gathering, confirmed black flags as protest. Some even chanted ‘Modi, Modi’ when he went on the stage.

Owaisi greeted with ‘Modi, Modi, Modi’ & ‘Go Back’ slogans in Surat. pic.twitter.com/BTHl2hDrco

— News Arena India (@NewsArenaIndia) November 14, 2022

Owaisi was in Surat to marketing campaign for Surat East candidate of AIMIM forward of state meeting elections. As per native media experiences, Owaisi had arrived there late night on Sunday to marketing campaign for Wasim Qureshi. He even addressed a public gathering for a similar. However, as quickly as he received on to the stage, some Muslim youth who had been current within the rally, confirmed him black flags and protested towards him. Some even chanted pro-Modi chants within the rally. They even chanted ‘wapis jao, wapis jao’ (return) chants for Owaisi.

Prior to that, in Ahmedabad’s Danilimda space, the place Owaisi has fielded Kaushik Parmar, the AIMIM chief skipped the general public rally. Danilimda is an SC reserved seat. On Saturday, Owaisi was to deal with a public gathering in Danilimda. However, the identical was later known as off. Sabir Kabliwala, AIMIM chief in Gujarat had stated that Owaisi skipped the rally due to ‘backache’. However, simply subsequent day he was addressing a rally in Surat East.

This just isn’t the primary time Owaisi has confronted opposition in Gujarat, particularly from Muslim residents. In May this 12 months, when he was in Surat, many individuals of Muslim neighborhood had opposed him.

In the Limbayat Mithikhadi space of Surat metropolis, the youth of the Muslim neighborhood staged a black flag protest towards BJP, RSS brokers, AIMIM nationwide president, and MP Asaduddin Owaisi.#bjp #rss #aimim #get together #muslimcommunity #surat #information #newsupdate #gujarat pic.twitter.com/qhKz12TBE1

— Our Surat (@oursuratcity) May 23, 2022

In Surat’s Mithakhali space, native Muslim residents had proven flags to Owaisi to oppose him.

Surat East constituency

Surat East space is the place Gopipura space located which has important Muslim inhabitants. Some components of the constituency has the Disturbed Areas Act in place which was introduced in to stop polarisation of communities and demography change. The Surat Municipal Corporation constructing the place the waqf lately staked declare, that can also be in Surat East space. Earlier this 12 months, OpIndia had reported how Gopipura, the place most residents had been of Jain neighborhood, has seen demography change and lots of such flats are being bought on decrease than market fee as a result of most Jain residents need to go away.

In 2014, a Jain Sadhvi who stayed in Surat’s Gopipura space wrote a letter to President of India, Governor of Gujarat, Prime Minister Modi, the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, Anandiben Patel and different leaders concerning the harassment she was going through in Gopipura, a historically Jain locality in Surat, which has slowly become a Muslim majority space. In the letter, the Sadhvi had written how close to the Upashrays the place Jain Sadhvis keep in Gopipura, there are round 25 Jain temples and 35 Upashrays inside a 1 km radius. About 70-80 Jain Sadhvis had been staying on this place. The Sadhvi identified that slowly the world has seen increasingly Muslim residents come and reside there. 

The Sadhvi in her letter had said that God has made all dwelling beings the identical however Muslims have very ‘tamsic and janooni‘ (aggressive, to place it mildly) and the Sadhu-Mahatma are going through difficulties. “Some Muslim families keep 4-5 cats and goats. Near Sulasa Shravika Aaradhana Bhawan, a Muslim family that has come to stay has tied two goats. These goats can be heard crying in middle of the night because of cold. This pains me too much. I have grown up being kind to animals and this kind of suffering of theirs is very painful for me,” she stated.

Of complete voters, about 77,365 voters are of Muslim neighborhood in Surat East whereas Hindu voters are 35,427. Interestingly, regardless of being Muslim majority space, the BJP has managed to win this seat over time since 1990 – apart from 2002 when Congress’ Manish Gilitwala received. Political analysts say that it is because the vast majority of the Muslim residents right here belong to the business-class Bohra neighborhood who simply need peace and need to make their very own dwelling. Bohra/Vohra neighborhood voters choose to vote for the BJP which guarantees conducive setting for thriving enterprise.

Dani Limda constituency

Dani Limda is one other Muslim-dominated space. However, it is a reserved seat and solely a member of the Scheduled Caste can contest from this seat. Here about 50% voters are Muslims and has important inhabitants of individuals from Dalit neighborhood. This space can also be thought-about a communally delicate space and the Disturbed Areas Act is in place right here.

It is notable that Shah Alam space in Ahmedabad falls beneath the Dani Limda constituency and throughout the anti-CAA violence, this space noticed a few of the worst communal riots the place even policemen had been attacked by rioting mob consisting principally of individuals belonging to Muslim neighborhood.

#WATCH Gujarat: Protesters pelt policemen with stones throughout demonstration towards #CitizenshipAmendmentAct, in Ahmedabad. (Earlier visuals) pic.twitter.com/BAqk7LIWb9

— ANI (@ANI) December 19, 2019

Investigation had revealed how native Muslim leaders together with a corporator had been concerned within the violence.

It can also be believed many unlawful Bangladeshis reside on this space, particularly close to the Chandola lake space. During the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts, many bombs had gone off on this space and accused had been discovered dwelling on this space. Indian Mujahideen terrorists who planted the bombs lived within the Dani Limda society and lots of provocative speeches got to the Muslim youth to hitch the fear ranks.

Currently, Congress’ Shailesh Parmar is the MLA. Local residents consider Parmar has the patronage of native Muslim chief Nawab Khan’s household. One of his family members, Shehzad Khan Pathan can also be a corporator right here. Localites believes that if the seat weren’t a reserved seat, Pathan would have been the MLA. However, as a result of reservation, they’ve prolonged help to Parmar as a substitute.