Saturday 19 Apr 2025

Hypocrisy too has its communal limits

REKHA SARIN TREHAN, Benaulim | APRIL 15, 2025, 10:21 PM IST

At a recent rally Modi thundered, "Why doesn't Congress make a Muslim it's party president. Give 50 per cent tickets in Lok Sabha election to Muslims. If they win, they would put forward their views. But no, they won't give Muslims anything in the Congress." In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP fielded only one Muslim candidate and currently, it has no Muslim MPs in the Lok Sabha. Similarly, in state assemblies, Muslim representation within the BJP is minimal; for instance, in the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections, no Muslim candidates were fielded by the party. This is egregious given that Muslims constitute about 14-15% of India’s population (roughly 200 million people). In contrast, other parties like Congress or regional outfits often field more Muslim candidates, though with varying degrees of success.  Not only will the jumla party BJP not give anything to the Muslims, but it is hellbent on taking away everything from the Muslims. Things like mosques, food, personal laws and citizenship for example. Hypocrisy ki bhi koi seema hoti hai.



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