Time for assimilation | The Indian Express

Time for assimilation | The Indian Express

Written by Firoz Bakht Ahmed |Updated: June 13, 2019 5:08:38 am

The writer is chancellor, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad

Time for assimilation

Muslim voters must give BJP a chance, see if their genuine aspirations are addressed

During every election, it has been proved that all Muslim leadership are power-brokers indulging in pernicious vote-bank manipulation, then acquiring state patronage themselves and leaving ordinary Muslims to the mercy of God.

By announcing the creation of 100 madrasas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it clear that there are no walls between the Muslim community and the BJP-RSS. The PM’s message to the community is to modernise and while remaining rooted. “Ek hath mein Quran, ek mein computer” (Quran in one hand and computer in the other), he said. Earlier, the PM also expressed his concern for the Muslims being used as a vote bank, stalling their progress.