Senior Congress leader Mohammed Arif (Naseem) Khan quit as star campaigner for the party, upset over MVA's (Maha Vikas Aghadi) decision to not field a Muslim candidate in Maharashtra for the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. Calling the decision "unfair", he said he is unable to answer the Muslim community when they raise this issue.
In a letter addressed to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, he said, "I would like to inform you that I will not be campaigning for the party candidates in Maharashtra for the third, fourth and fifth phase."
He gave the following reasons for this decision.
"1) From total 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra M.V.A has not nominated a single Muslim candidate in Maharashtra
2) Many Muslim organisations, leaders and also party workers from all over Maharashtra was expecting congress to at least nominate 1 candidate but unfortunately congress has also not nominated single Muslim candidate
Now they are asking
"Congress ko Muslim vote chahiye..... candidate kyun nahi?"
He said he is "upset with party's unfair decision."
"Due to all this reasons I will not be able to face and I have no answers to Muslims and other Muslim organisations in Maharashtra who always raise such issues."
He said he would not be campaigning for the party in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls and that he would resign from the campaign committee of Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections.
