First of all, New Year greetings to all of you. This 12 months will witness one of many world’s largest elections in historical past. The contest is between BJP-led NDA and Congress-led INDIA alliances. Already each camps have began preparations. On Tuesday, BJP introduced its slogan, “Teesri Baar Modi Sarkar, Ab Ki Baar 400 Paar”. BJP has chalked out a technique to attain its goal of 400 Lok Sabha seats. BJP will likely be attempting to win the help of Muslim voters this time. Party staff have been requested to succeed in out to all Muslim households on the polling sales space stage. Muslim households who’ve benefited from a plethora of Modi authorities’s welfare initiatives will likely be focused. BJP staff will likely be reaching out to voters in states with totally different names — “Shukriyaa Modi Bhaijaan” in UP, “Modi Dada” in West Bengal, “Modi Bhau” in Maharashtra and “Modi Anna” in Tamil Nadu. The tag line will likely be “Na Doori Hai, Na Khai Hai, Modi Hamara Bhai Hai”.
Already, Prime Minister Modi has begun his casual launch of the marketing campaign by visiting Lakshadweep, positioned 1,215 km away from Delhi, the place greater than 95 per cent voters are Muslims. BJP by no means received this parliamentary seat prior to now. During his two-day go to, Modi informed Muslim voters in Lakshadweep that he would proceed to handle their wants and aspirations. At a time when leaders of opposition events are alleging that BJP is pushing its majoritarian Hindutva agenda by constructing the Ram temple in Ayodhya, and leaders like Asaduddin Owaisi are inciting Muslim youths to come back ahead to guard mosques, Modi has shocked his rivals by altering tack. The Prime Minister most popular an evening keep in Lakshadweep earlier than launching tasks value Rs 1150 crore. He launched a submarine optical fibre mission linking Lakshadweep to Kochi in mainland Kerala on Wednesday. Since 1967 when Lakshadweep turned a Lok Sabha constituency, BJP or its earlier avatar Jana Sangh, by no means received this seat. P M Sayeed of Congress social gathering received this seat ten occasions consecutively. After his loss of life, his son Abdullah Sayeed received. Modi wooing Muslim voters in Lakshadweep has despatched a message to your complete neighborhood. BJP minority cell chief Jamal Siddiqui says, giant variety of Muslim girls are actually coming ahead to help the social gathering and so they have written letters thanking the PM for placing an finish to ‘triple talaq’ and offering them with welfare schemes. Similar suggestions has come from UP, Assam, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Kerala, MP and Rajasthan. In UP, BJP goes to launch ‘Modi Bhaijaan’ marketing campaign from January 12 to succeed in out to Muslim voters. BJP’s UP Minority Morcha chief Kunwar Basit Ali stated, Muslims had been merely vote banks for opposition governments prior to now, however for the primary time, Modi authorities has made no discrimination in offering welfare advantages to Muslim households. When he took over as Prime Minister in 2014, Modi had coined the slogan “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vishwas”.
The similar 12 months in the course of the Lok Sabha elections, Modi was my visitor in ‘Aap Ki Adalat’ present, the place he made the well-known comment: “I would one day like to see Muslim youths holding the Holy Quran in one hand and a computer in the other”. Modi labored on this theme for ten years and tried to dispel all misgivings from the minds of minorities. It stays to be seen how far this outreach in the direction of Muslim neighborhood will work in the course of the forthcoming common elections. There are almost 100 Lok Sabha seats in India the place Muslim voters play a significant position within the victory or defeat of candidates. BJP can contact the magical 400 determine in Lok Sabha solely by securing the help of Muslim voters. However, the chasm between BJP and Muslim voters continues to stay deep, although advantages of a lot of the welfare schemes of Modi authorities have additionally reached Muslims. Whether it’s housing, or free ration, or consuming water provide, or Ujjwala LPG cylinders, or electrical energy, or financial institution loans, Muslims have additionally been the beneficiaries. Yet, throughout elections, Modi’s BJP did not get Muslim votes.
Gradually the notion of Muslims in the direction of Modi is altering. Issues like mob lynching, hate speeches by some hardline leaders stay and Muslim voters nonetheless have concern of their minds. Opposition leaders notice this and they don’t miss any alternative in stoking concern within the minds of Muslims. These leaders are apprehensive that Modi could ruffle their political equations. On New Year Day, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi informed Muslim youths in Hyderabad to mobilize and shield all mosques. VHP president Alok Kumar condemned his comment, whereas Union Minister Giriraj Singh stated, “the jinn (soul) of Jinnah has now entered Owaisi’s body”. Singh alleged that Owaisi is attempting to incite Muslims, however he should know that the DNA of each Hindus and Muslims in India is identical. It isn’t any secret that Owaisi’s politics has at all times been targeted on Babri mosque demolition situation and on opposing the constructing of Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Owaisi continues to say that Babri mosque was, is and can at all times stay as a substitute. His comment could sound pompous now, as a result of already the Supreme Court has given its verdict and the grand Ram Temple that’s being constructed will proceed to stay as a substitute. Most of the opposition events have acknowledged this actuality, and Muslims have additionally accepted the apex courtroom verdict. The sooner Owaisi realizes this actuality, the higher, as a result of inciting youths is not going to assist. The metropolis of Ayodhya is already gearing up for the consecration ceremony of Ram Lala idol on January 22.
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