Rashtriya Ulama Council

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Rashtriya Ulama Council (RUC)
PresidentAamir Rashadi Madni
SpokespersonTalha Aamir Rashadi
Founded4 October 2008 (2008-10-04)
NewspaperRUC Awaaz
Party flag
Website
www.ulamacouncil.org

Rashtriya Ulama Council (RUC) is a political party of India formed in 2008.

History

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2009 parliamentary elections

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RUC participated in the 2009 parliamentary elections on five seats. As expected, RUC did not win any seats. However, they secured approximately 2.25 lakh (225,000) votes, unusually successful for a party that was only five months old. It did not ally with other parties.[1]

2012 UP Assembly elections

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RUC participated in the Uttar Pradesh 2012 Assembly election, contesting 100 seats out of 401. As expected, the RUC did not win any seats, but they secured nearly 6 lakh (600,000) votes.[2]

2014 parliamentary elections

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RUC participated in the 2014 elections on a very few seats, citing the reason that they wanted to stop the fascist forces from coming in to power. The national president of the party Maulana Aamir Rashadi contested election[3] against SP Supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav from Azamgarh, and this created a lot of headlines.[4][5]

2017 UP Assembly elections

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RUC had declared 84 candidates,[6] but just one month before the elections, in a shocking turn of events, RUC decided to support BSP[7] to keep away SP[8] and BJP[9] from power and supported the BSP candidates in the elections of the rest of the seats.[10]

2022 UP Assembly elections

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The Peace Party of India and the Rashtriya Ulama Council (RUC) announced they would contest the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections together under the banner of United Democratic Alliance.

References

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  1. ^ "RUC announces candidates for 2009 Loksabha elections". Zeenews.com.
  2. ^ "RUC in 2012 UP elections". India today.
  3. ^ "Aamir Rashadi to figh against Mulayam Singh Yadav". The Hindu.
  4. ^ "Lok Sabha Polls: Peace Party to support RUC candidate against Mulayam Singh Yadav in Azamgarh". The Economic Times. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  5. ^ "RUC chief Madani to contest against Mulayam in Azamgarh". The Indian Express. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  6. ^ Correspondent, dna (8 November 2017). "Ulama Council president wants 10% assembly seats for Muslims". DNA India. Retrieved 7 September 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ "UP Elections 2017: Despite support from Muslim clerics, BSP's campaign falls flat". DNA India. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  8. ^ प्रदेश, वाराणसी उत्तर (19 September 2017). "मौलाना आमिर रशादी का सपा पर बड़ा वार, कहा अखिलेश ने कराया था मुजफ्फरनगर दंगा". Patrika News (in Hindi). Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  9. ^ "BJP, BSP looking to make dent in SP prospects in Azamgarh-Mau". DNA India. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  10. ^ "RUC Supports BSP". The Times of India.
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