Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan) [India], July 9 (ANI): Condemning the brutal killing in Udaipur, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday appealed the Muslim community to come forward in opposing such an incident.

New Delhi Jan 30 PTI The RSS Muslim wing has begun a door-to-door contact programme to garner the support of the minority community in favour of the BJP in Uttarakhands 22 Assembly constituencies which have a high concentration of Muslim votersThe Muslim Rashtriya Manch MRM an affiliate of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS has also lined up a series of meetings with Muslim clerics scholars and others from the community in these constituencies in Haridwar Udham Singh Nagar and Dehradun districtsSenior RSS leader and founder of the MRM Indresh Kumar presided over a meeting with the minority community members in Sitarganj on SundayHe was present at two such meetings in Kashipur and Khatima on Saturday and one meeting in Rudrapur the day before MRM national convenor and media in-charge Shahid Sayeed told PTIHe claimed that Muslims with a 14 per cent vote share hold the key in 22 Assembly constituencies of which 10 are in Haridwar nine in Udham Singh Nagar and three DehradunThese constituencies have a high concentration of Muslim voters The political atmosphere in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand will have its impact in adjacent Rampur Moradabad Bijnor and Bareli districts of Uttar Pradesh Sayeed saidA series of meetings with Muslim clerics scholars and other eminent persons from the community has been planned in these districts he said adding Indresh Kumar is expected to preside over three such meetings in Roorkee Piran Kaliyar and Bhagwanpur on February 4To reach out to the Muslim voters particularly women the Muslim Rashtriya Manch has started a door-to-door contact programme in three districts he saidOur womens wing is spearheading the door-to-door contact programme They are reaching out to the members of the community in small groups to convey the message -- Modi-Dhami government is better for the future of Muslim women and children Sayeed saidThey are also distributing the MRMs Nivedan Patra which have listed the measures taken by the Modi dispensation and the BJP government in Uttarakhand for the welfare of the Muslim community he saidWe are getting a good response as the BJP governments both at the centre and the states have taken many measures for the welfare and empowerment of the Muslims SayeedMuslim women have voted for the BJP in previous elections as the Modi government freed them from the pain of triple talaq by criminalising the age-old practice Raising the age of the marriage of women is a step to empower Muslim women and their families further he addedUttarakhand will go to polls on February 14 while counting of votes will take place on March 10 PTI PK NSD NSD