Archive · 5 Jan 2026
Congress Leader Criticizes Rahul Gandhi's Social Justice Politics
A leader in the Congress party, Ali Anwar Ansari, has said that Rahul Gandhi's focus on social justice is not complete if it does not include Pasmanda Muslims.
Pasmanda Muslims are a group within the Muslim community that is considered backward.
Ansari believes that the Congress party should work more for these backward Muslims and not just take their votes for granted.
He also thinks that the party should create a special group within the party to focus on the needs of Pasmanda Muslims.
Ansari is planning to have a series of meetings to discuss this issue further.
The Bihar elections, which happened last November, saw a big win for the NDA party, which is not part of the Congress-led Mahagathbandhan alliance.
Ansari believes that the Congress party should think beyond just Hindu-Muslim issues and focus more on helping all backward groups.
Congress leader Ali Anwar Ansari criticizes Rahul Gandhi's social justice politics for not adequately including Pasmanda Muslims.
Ansari believes secular parties must work for backward Muslims instead of taking their votes for granted.
The Bihar elections saw a landslide victory for the NDA over the Mahagathbandhan, which included the Congress.
Ansari suggests creating a devoted Pasmanda cell or an EBC-Pasmanda cell within the Congress party.
The Bihar caste-based survey identified 10.5% Muslim EBCs or Pasmanda.
- Who
- Ali Anwar Ansari, a Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha MP
- What
- Criticism of Rahul Gandhi's social justice politics for not adequately including Pasmanda Muslims
- When
- After the Bihar Assembly elections held in November
- Where
- Bihar, India
- Why
- To highlight the importance of including Pasmanda Muslims in the Congress party's social justice agenda
- Person
- Ali Anwar Ansari
- Organization
- All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz (AIPMM)
- Political Party
- Congress
- Key Issue
- Inclusion of Pasmanda Muslims in social justice politics
- Recent Election
- Bihar Assembly elections
- Percentage of Muslim EBCs
- 10.5%