Muslim leaders seek Cabinet berth for community representative from Kalyana Karnataka

Maulana Shareef Mazaheri, district president of Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind, addressing a press conference in Kalaburagi city on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI Alleging that the Congress had reduced Muslims to a mere vote bank while denying them a fair share in political power, the Muslim religious leaders, members of the business community and social activists from the Kalyana Karnataka region on Thursday demanded the induction of a deserving Muslim leader from the region into the State Cabinet.Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Maulana Shareef Mazaheri, president of Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind, Kalaburagi, stated that the Muslim community had consistently stood firmly behind the Congress over the years and had made a decisive contribution to the party’s electoral success in the reg