Statesman News Service
MALDA, April 20: Muslim League (Kerala State Committee) candidate for South Malda parliamentary constituency Md. Ejaruddin has taken up issues based on the Sachar Committe report in the Muslim dominated areas.
“On the basis of the the Sachar Committee report, Muslims in West Bengal are lagging behind compared to their counterparts in other states. The state government has done nothing for them in the last 32 years," the 74-year old said.
Campaigning with a small team at Battali in English Bazaar this morning, Md Ezaruddin alleged that out of the twenty five percent Muslim population living in West Bengal, only two percent has been recruited in government and semi-government sector.
A former madrassa teacher, Md Ezaruddin decided to contest the elections after he lost faith in both the elected members of the CPI-M and Congress in Malda and the adjoining Murshidabad district where he worked in a madrassa. Confident of a win, he said: “I am an active worker of the Muslim League affiliated to the Kerala State Committee and am getting positive response from the Muslim population. Personally, I don't think that family members of the late ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury would rule Malda forever."
“If the Election Commission can conduct free and fair polls, I will be elected. Candidates belonging to the Congress and the CPI-M beg votes by paying money. Money plays a huge role in every election but we don't have the money," he added.
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