Muslim votes are being ‘chewed like chewing gum’: BJP leader Naqvi

India

oi-Prakash KL

India
has
become
the
“flagbearer”
of
inclusive
empowerment
by
crushing
the
“curse
of
communalism”,
said
Naqvi.

Lucknow,
Dec
18:
The
votes
of
the
Muslim
community
have
been
“chewed
like
chewing
gum”
and
“chucked
like
castaway”,
BJP
leader
Mukhtar
Abbas
Naqvi
said
on
Sunday.

Speaking
at
the
“Minorities
Rights
Day”
programme
organised
by
Uttar
Pradesh
Minorities
Commission
in
Lucknow,
Naqvi
said,
“The
crook
contractors
of
votes
have
committed
cruel,
communal,
criminal
conspiracy
against
the
minorities
to
hijack
their
socio-economic
and
educational
empowerment.”

Naqvi
said
that
India
has
become
the
“flagbearer”
of
inclusive
empowerment
by
crushing
the
“curse
of
communalism”.
“The
Modi-Yogi
era
has
made
“Amar,
Abdul,
Antony”
an
equal
partner
of
prosperity
by
lockout
and
blockade
of
the
‘cartel
of
communal
champions
of
castes
and
communities’,”
he
said.
The
former
union
minister
then
held
the
“treacherous
traders
of
votes”
responsible
for
the
economic,
educational
and
social
backwardness
of
some
sections
of
the
Muslim
community.

“The
coterie
of
communalism
is
dissipated
as
the
Modi
Government
has
ensured
the
prosperity
and
dignity
of
all
sections
without
any
discrimination,”
he
said.
He
further
said
that
today
the
time
has
changed,
the
environment
has
changed
and
the
mood
of
the
country
has
changed.

According
to
Mukhtar
Abbas
Naqvi,
The
‘Modi
Magic”
has
replaced
“praxis
of
polarisation”
with
“politics
of
prosperity”
and
the
BJP
policies
have
benefitted
minorities
like
other
communities.

“Those
who
say
that
the
development
of
minorities
and
the
development
of
the
country
are
separate
from
each
other
are
doing
“criminal
fraud”
to
keep
the
minorities
away
from
the
mainstream
of
progress.
“Fear
and
fallacy”
was
created
in
the
name
of
the
Sachar
Committee
to
scare
the
Muslims.
The
“sham
syndicate
of
secularism”
created
confusion
through
the
Committee
by
claiming
that
the
condition
of
the
Muslims
is
worse
than
that
of
Dalits,
tribals
and
other
backward
sections.
The
truth
is
that
the
backwardness
of
Dalits
is
due
to
various
historical
and
social
reasons,
while
the
poverty
of
the
Muslims
is
the
result
of
“political
deceit”
by
some
political
parties,”
he
said.

He
further
claimed
that
a
large
number
of
beneficiaries
of
the
welfare
schemes
of
Modi-Yogi
and
all
other
BJP
Governments
belong
to
minority
communities
also.
“Minorities
are
also
getting
equal
benefits
from
the
schemes
of
electricity,
roads,
water,
health,
education,
housing,
employment,
economic
and
social
empowerment.
Today,
there
has
been
a
positive
and
constructive
change
in
the
thinking
of
minority
communities,”
he
added.