Telangana polls: KCR's 'Shaadi Mubarak' may unite Muslims to vote for TRS

Muslims constitute 12.7% of the total population in Telangana and from a total of 119 constituencies, the community plays a decisive role on nearly 30 seats in the upcoming Telangana Assembly election

Unlike the last assembly elections, where there was absolute clarity on who to vote for, this time around the relatives of Abdul Taha stand divided over whom to vote in the upcoming assembly elections.

“While half of my extended family is likely to vote for the Congress-Telugu Desam Party alliance, the other half thinks it is better to support the Telangana Rashtra Samithi which has done some good work for Muslims,” said Dr. Taha, an assistant professor at Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), Hyderabad. Taha is from Suryapet district and