This time, the Congress has fielded six Muslim candidates, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has given a ticket to only one Muslim.
But it is the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) which has given tickets to the highest number of 11 Muslims.
"We give representation to all communities, unlike other parties. In 2008, we fielded six Muslim candidates, this time we have fielded 11," BSP's Delhi in-charge Ram Achal Rajbhar told IANS.
Samajwadi Party's Delhi president Usha Yadav said: "We have fielded 11 Muslim candidates this time."
Congress minister Haroon Yusuf, the most well known Muslim politician of Delhi, will seek a straight fifth term as MLA from Ballimaran in the Walled City. Yusuf reasoned that it is the "absolute secular credentials" of the Congress which fetches the party Muslim votes.
"Congress is a secular party and it wins elections not because of the religion of the candidates but the work done by them," Yusuf told IANS.
