He said that despite his African roots, he follows Indian and Gujarati traditions. Abdul Maguj Bhai, who contested as an independent from Talala, said the local community in the area was suffering, saying, “The village is situated between two rivers. Everyone lives together here. I am contesting from here for the third time. We want that we should also go to assembly. We get rights so that we can do more good work. We are called Africa of India. We are known as Siddhi tribal community. Government keeps on giving help to tribals, there No problem with that but our local community is suffering here, we don’t get that much facilities.”