Projecting the opposition as ‘anti-Hindu’ and ‘pro-Muslim’ has emerged as the favourite tactic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign, as he seeks a third term in the country. https://thewire.in/politics/projecting-opposition-anti-hindu-modis-main-strategy
His public address on April 19 in Amroha in west Uttar Pradesh demonstrated how the BJP’s star campaigner tries to rake up religious sentiments, belying claims by the saffron party that it was seeking votes from people on the basis of unprecedented development work and the implementation of welfare schemes.
Modi made a direct attack on the Congress candidate and sitting Amroha MP Kunwar Danish Ali, who is a Muslim, saying he did not deserve to enter the Lok Sabha as he had objected to chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’.
by Omar Rashid
20/04/2024