RAMPUR: More than half the voters in the Indian city of Rampur are Muslim, but its member of parliament is a staunch supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's muscular Hindu-first agenda.
RAMPUR: More than half the voters in the India n city of Rampur are Muslim, but its member of parliament is a staunch supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's muscular Hindu-first agenda.
"Everyone wants a connect with BJP," said Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi, who is confident of re-election as MP for Rampur in Uttar Pradesh state when the six-week-long elections begin on Apr 19. Ziya Us Salam, author of a book on Muslims in India, says members of the faith had for decades placed their trust in secular parties, a process that created an"acute absence of Muslim leadership"., yet few question when Modi champions constitutionally secular India as a"Hindu Rashtra", or Hindu state.He also argues that successive gerrymandering policies since independence in 1947 have redrawn electoral boundaries to split areas with substantial Muslim populations.
Owaisi believes even secular parties avoid selecting Muslim candidates because they fear they would not appeal to Hindu voters.
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