How India's BJP Is Weaponizing History Against Muslims | TIME
Oct 6, 2023 · A key piece of the BJP’s agenda involves twisting history to demonize Muslims, and Hindu nationalists often zero-in on the Mughals, a dynasty that ruled parts of northern and central India ...
Delhi Polls: 3 Reasons Why BJP Is Confident Of Win In ... - News18
1 day ago · The BJP sources staunchly oppose the idea. They cite at least three reasons why Bisht has a better winning chance than his competitors. “The BJP fights to win," said a BJP functionary at party headquarters. One, while there is no denying that Mustafabad has 40% Muslim voters, it also has 60% Hindu voters, says the BJP functionary.
Keeping up with UP: How BJP won Muslim majority seats in bypolls
Amid BJP’s push on the Waqf Bill to change the laws governing Muslim endowments and madrasa reforms, it won the bypolls in Muslim majority constituencies of Kundarki in West UP and Samaguri...
Modi’s BJP wants the votes of India’s ‘Pasmanda’ Muslims. Will …
May 22, 2024 · In several rallies Modi addressed as India holds its mammoth general election, he referred to Muslims as “infiltrators” and “those with many children” – familiar dog whistles that his Bharatiya...
What BJP fielding Muslim candidates in past Haryana polls tells us
Sep 26, 2024 · In the Nuh Assembly seat, where 70% of the voters are Muslim, the BJP fielded a Muslim candidate in 1991 but only managed a 7.84% vote share and a fifth-place finish. In 2005, the next time it contested in Nuh, the party fielded another Muslim candidate but …
How Modi's BJP seeks Muslim vote in India's 2024 election
Nov 10, 2023 · Nafis Ansari, a school principal who is Muslim, was enlisted this year by the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as a "Modi Mitr", or friend of Indian Prime Minister Narendra...
Who is Abdul Salam, lone Muslim face in BJP's 195 candidates list …
In the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the saffron party has fielded just one Muslim face. In 2021, Abdul Salam contested from...
'They Must Not Use the Word 'Jihad' in Politics': Najma ... - The Quint
6 days ago · If the Muslims don't join BJP at the ground level, how can we find candidates? There are certain events that might have led to the trust deficit of Muslims with the parties party. Do you think the ...
Prime minister escalates his rhetoric against Muslims as ... - POLITICO
May 8, 2024 · But in recent weeks, he and the ruling BJP have doubled down heavily on their Hindu nationalism platform, with Modi employing some of his most divisive rhetoric in his decade in power.
BJP respects minorities and welcomes Muslim leaders, says party ...
Academic turned politician M Abdul Salam is the lone Muslim candidate announced by the BJP for the Lok Sabha polls.