Article: The minority plan ; An enduring belief in the power of sops prompts the government to announce a slew of populist schemes for minorities.It may not be enough to get the DF a victory in the polls.

With the Lok Sabha elections over and the assembly elections just around the corner, the Democratic Front (DF) Government in the state has realised that there is still some unfinished business that needs attention wooing the minorities. Going by Election 2009 results, it is clear that the minority community has reposed faith in the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) by choosing their candidates in 17 and eight seats respectively, out of the total 48.

The minority community candidates, too, have managed to bag a sizeable share of the votes: NCP's Azam Pansare got 2.8 lakh votes from Maval while Samajwadi Party candidate Abu Asim Azmi gathered over 84,000 votes in suburban Mumbai. ...

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