Why the Congress shuns Muslims

‘Is Rahul turning the Congress’ covert soft Hindutva support into overt support?’

‘And if so, following in the BJP’s footsteps, is the Congress going to abandon Indian Muslims and Muslim causes altogether?’ asks Dr Najid Hussain whose father in law former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri was killed during the Gujarat riots.

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The Gujarat riots of 1969, 1982, 1985 and a dozen other riots, the Babri Masjid demolition, the Mumbai riots of 1992 and 1993 all of these took place during Congress rule.

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Muslim representation in Parliament was 2% in 1952 against a national Muslim population of 9.8%. That representation rose to almost 10% by 1980 which was close to the national Muslim population of 12.1%.

Following 1980, Muslim representation in Parliament started declining, and now stands at less than 4% against their national population of over 13%.

In the early 1980s, the Babri Masjid/Ram Mandir issue gained momentum. L K Advani’s rath yatra put Hindu Muslim polarisation in the country on steroids.

In order to protect amicable relations between Hindus and Muslims, progressive Muslims called upon their leadership urging them to move the Babri Masjid, with due respect and dignity to another location and allow the construction of the Ram Mandir in its place.

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Calls of ‘Mandir wahin banaaenge (We’ll build the temple right there)’ from elements and followers of the https://www.moncleroutletsite.com Sangh Parivar became prominent, and the ensuing communal fire engulfed several other benign issues the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir valley, the provision of Article moncler outlet online 370, Dalit conversion to Islam, support to Pakistan in cricket, and many moncler factory outlet more.

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For 30 years after Independence pre BJP Hindus and Muslims lived mostly amicably with virtually no support for the RSS and Jan Sangh.

Despite a fair share of political incitement, bonds of mutual understanding and trust in the interest of national integrity had not weakened.