“Indian Muslims Lose Hope in National Secular Party“
by NEHA THIRANI BAGRINOV. 8, 2014
Many Muslim voters of Maharashtra State supported a new sectarian political force in October. Divyakant Solanki/European Pressphoto Agency (click)
“With a stridently right-wing Hindu nationalist group, the Bharatiya Janata Party, sweeping to victory after winning elections across India, the delicate balance between the country’s religious and ethnic minorities, and especially its Muslims, and the majority Hindu population is shifting. Their faith in the avowedly secular Congress party, which ruled India for decades, is dwindling, and the emergence of a strong Muslim party in Maharashtra suggests a possible consequence.”
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