Politicians leave no stone unturned to woo the Muslim voters across the country. With by-election for Warangal Lok Sabha seat is around the corner the politicians are throwing Iftar parties to please the Muslim voters.
Iftar parties, once a tradition to meet people of the community to understand them in a better way, have now become strategic poll planks for the politicos to appease the Muslim voters in the country especially when the elections are round the corner.
The top three competitors TRS, Congress, Telugu Desam and BJP – who set their eyes on the Warangal Lok Sabha seat and the ensuing elections for the Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC), have started pleasing 1.60 lakh Muslim populations in the GWMC area.
As part of their poll plans, the TPCC chief N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and many a Congress leader attended the Iftar hosted and there are reports that the other political parties are also gearing up to use the Iftar parties to woo the Muslim voters.
Reacting on Iftar parties hosted in connection with the politics, Mecca Masjid Imam Aftab Aalam said Roza is to cleanse soul and body and if the money earned by means of corrupt practices used to break the fast, the entire purpose was lost. Every Muslim must be aware of this fact before attending Iftar, he added.