“Glorification of invaders, anti-CAA campaign, tirade against Ram Mandir and ties to radical Islamist outfits: Meet Shahnawaz Ali Raihan, the Islamist given election ticket by Mamata Banerjee”, Opindia, March 12, 2024:
“On Sunday (10th March), the Mamata Banerjee-led-Trinamool Congress announced the list of candidates for all 42 constituencies in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. One of the candidates happened to be an Islamist named Shahnawaz Ali Raihan.
A native of Kaliachak town in Malda district of West Bengal, Raihan has been fielded by the TMC from the Muslim-dominated Malda South constituency.
While the TMC ecosystem has been justifying his candidature by highlighting his education at Oxford University, the party has carefully skirted over his radical Islamist views, glorification of invaders, and downplaying of terror activities…..”
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