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But the inclusion of a Muslim minister in the UP cabinet remains a matter of talk in political circles. Though 32-year-old Danish Azad Ansari has taken an oath as a minister in UP, he is yet not an elected member of the assembly. He will have to contest the election within a few prescribed months either from the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council.
It is only after being elected he will become a member of either of the Houses to go on with as a minister.
It remains relatively unexpected that the BJP brought the lone Muslim candidate in the state elections but he did not emerge a winner. Now the party proceeds with a young Muslim holding the minority welfare ministry in its jumbo cabinet.
During the course of the discussion held recently on the oath-taking ceremony of the second Yogi government in the state, a very articulated reaction came from a very experienced journalist. He reacted that selection of Danish Ansari as a UP minister shows BJP’s tilt towards the Sunni Muslim community in the state.
It looks more like a cumin in the camel’s mouth or drop in the ocean. Does it not resemble to be so? His becoming a minister appeared not wholly unexpected but it could be said a symbol of faith reposed by the party in a dedicated worker and thrash on the faces of opposition parties who usually display a bit more sympathetic attitude with the Muslims, let out Uttar Pradesh lone Muslim minister Danish Azad Ansari.
When BJP is dealing with people who have limited attention spans and are just testing them on its political plan, it is vital to be concise. That is why the party prefers a single Muslim minister to assert sabka saath instead of giving chance to more than one Muslim. The BJP seems to be utilising minimally the smallest number of Muslims it conceivably can to get across what the party strategists need to accomplish.