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LB election: Two Muslim women to contest on BJP ticket

LB election:  Two Muslim women to contest on BJP ticket

Malappuram, Nov 23 (UNI) Upsetting all election tradition of the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party has been successful to get two Muslim women into their fold and they will be the party candidates to contest in the forthcoming local body election from Wandoor an Ponmudam gram panchayats in Kerala.
It is for the first time ever that women from the Muslim community is contesting in any election on the BJP’s ticket.
This unprecedented entry of Muslim candidates as BJP nominees has been a shot in the arm for the party cadres in the Muslim-predominant Malappuram district.

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