The Muslim members elected to the Bihar Assembly have accounted for about 8% of the total state MLAs on an average in the last eight elections since 1990 – from the lowest 5.55% in the 1990 polls to the highest 9.87% in the 2015 and 2005 (February) elections.

The Muslim community makes up 17.7% of Bihar’s 13.07 crore population, according to the 2022-23 state caste survey.

With both the Opposition Mahagathbandhan, comprising the RJD, Congress, Left and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), and the ruling NDA, led by the BJP and JD(U), fielding fewer Muslim candidates in the upcoming Assembly elections than the 2020 polls, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi , in his campaign, has been stressing on the need to develop Muslim leadership in the crucial Hindi heartland state.

In the 2020 elections to

See Full Page