The United Shia Muslims Forum (USMF), Telangana, has written to the Congress high command and the state leadership to accommodate leaders from its community into the new Congress government in Telangana. The USMF has asked both ex-All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Rahul Gandhi and Chief Minister Revanth Reddy to allocate one MLC seat under the Governor’s quota, and chairmanship of other minority institutions for better representation.
In his letter to ex-All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Rahul Gandhi and Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy, USMF state president Ali Shabber stated that in spite of “vociferous” to the Congress in the November 30 Assembly elections, the party did not field a single Shia candidate amongst the five Muslim nominees.