Mumbai, July 18: Congress which has set its eyes on wresting the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Asia’s largest civic body, from the Shiv Sena-BJP in the 2012 is alarmed by the possible Muslim support to Raj Thackeray-led MNS.
The meeting of prominent Muslim clerics here with MNS president Raj Thackeray on the occasion of his birthday last month has sent alarm bells ringing in the Congress.
Just like elsewhere in the country, Congress sources said, Muslims and Dalit support is crucial for the party here.
At least 12-14 Assembly segments out of the total 36 in Mumbai have a considerable Muslim voter population.
There are 10 corporators belonging to the Congress who are Muslims, out of which two — Amin Patel and Aslam Sheikh — were elected to the Legislative Assembly.
In the 227 member civic body, the Congress has 76 corporators with two co-opted members.
–PTI