The Emissary
The Emissary

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4 Tweets 5 reads Aug 23, 2022
The most wild series of articles you’ll read on Indian politics in a long time.
The BJP is setting up party cadres & infrastructure to break the Muslim vote via caste. Islam will meet Ambedkar.
“Pasmanda? I never heard of it.”
The term is alien to many Muslims, but some say they’ve been taken for a ride on “Muslim” agitations like Shaheen Bagh, claiming that these are Ashraf tactics to consolidate power over disenfranchised Pasmandas.
Disproportionate poverty in Muslim communities means that they receive a larger share of the BJP’s welfare initiatives. Looks like the BJP now want to raise this point for support.
Ashraf Muslims, who dominate leadership, are acutely aware of the efforts to divide Muslim votes.
The story of Tooraj Zaidi, now an old man, who joined the BJP less than a year after Babri’s demolition. His effigies were burnt, relatives disowned him, etc…
He acknowledges the reality & reasons of distrust, but seems to be satisfied with his decision.

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