68 per cent Muslims feel safe under the Modi Government : India Today Poll

[agamdilawari]

Looking back at history has its advantages. For example, it is much easier to see now why the reverse polarisation between Hindus and Muslims took place in large swathes of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in the recent elections, where the larger BJP alliance won 73 and 31 seats respectively, thereby contributing to its impressive victory. So here is the ques-tion: Why are many more Muslims now rooting for Narendra Modi?

First, the so-called secular opposition has been more or less decimated. Worse, the Congress, the Left as well as regional parties such as the Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party, the DMK and even the AIADMK are either too diverse, too fragmented or simply not seriously interested in coming together to politically fight the BJP. As a re-sult, India's Muslims are wondering if it isn't better to simply join the BJP, especially since it tried fighting it in the recent elections-and failed.

Second, a section of Indian Muslims are wondering if compromise with Modi's BJP will allow them to share the fruits of economic growth, like other Indians. Since " achche din " are evi-dently around the corner, so much bet-ter to focus on "roti-kapda" issues of education and health than indulge in confrontational politics, right? After all, what did the Sachar Commission, set up by previous prime ministerManmohan Singh, do in the face of grotesque evi-dence that vast numbers of Muslims were actually among the poorest of the poor-poorer than the poorest Dalits or OBCs or tribals?

Third, see how Narendrabhai took on hardline RSS outfits such as the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Gujarat? Modi made no bones about the fact that he didn't see eye to eye with state VHP President Pravin Togadia.

Understandably, RSS elders have always played 'good cop-bad cop' among them-selves to attract different constituencies of Muslims-for instance Deendayal Upadhyaya vs Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Vajpayee vs Lal Krishna Advani, Modi vs Advani-but if the Prime Minister can restrain the crazier elements in the or-ganisation and prevent communal riots, like he did in Gujarat after 2002, then it may not be such a bad idea to come to terms with him. Better for the hearth and home to be safe, after all.

Fourth, why is it the responsibility of the Indian Muslim to take on the BJP? If the rest of the country, sick of the UPA's shenanigans over the last decade, simply wanted an alternative and somehow found Modi to fit the bill, why not the Muslim community?

And, finally, fifth: So much better to suppress your fear, put a brick on your chest at night and paste up your lips so that your inner voice, once made internationally famous by men like Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, slowly quietens down. Like Ahmedabad's or Kutch's trader Muslim community,"kaam se matlab rakho (just worry about your work)". Not whether the Saharanpur riots recently or the Muzaffarnagar riots last year were the result of alleged and deliberate polari-sation by BJP workers; or that the as-cension of Amitbhai Shah to the throne of the BJP, and especially on the eve of state elections in Maharashtra, Har-yana, Jharkhand and Jammu & Kas-hmir, is a likely indication of possible greater trouble ahead. So much better to fine-tune the double negative, sup-press your thoughts and look the other way. Perhaps, even, learn to turn the other cheek.

India Today Mood of the Nation poll: 68 per cent Muslims feel safe under the Modi Government : Cover Story - India Today

 

[HariPrasad]

Looking back at history has its advantages. For example, it is much easier to see now why the reverse polarisation between Hindus and Muslims took place in large swathes of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in the recent elections, where the larger BJP alliance won 73 and 31 seats respectively, thereby contributing to its impressive victory. So here is the ques-tion: Why are many more Muslims now rooting for Narendra Modi?

First, the so-called secular opposition has been more or less decimated. Worse, the Congress, the Left as well as regional parties such as the Samajwadi Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party, the DMK and even the AIADMK are either too diverse, too fragmented or simply not seriously interested in coming together to politically fight the BJP. As a re-sult, India's Muslims are wondering if it isn't better to simply join the BJP, especially since it tried fighting it in the recent elections-and failed.

Second, a section of Indian Muslims are wondering if compromise with Modi's BJP will allow them to share the fruits of economic growth, like other Indians. Since " achche din " are evi-dently around the corner, so much bet-ter to focus on "roti-kapda" issues of education and health than indulge in confrontational politics, right? After all, what did the Sachar Commission, set up by previous prime ministerManmohan Singh, do in the face of grotesque evi-dence that vast numbers of Muslims were actually among the poorest of the poor-poorer than the poorest Dalits or OBCs or tribals?

Third, see how Narendrabhai took on hardline RSS outfits such as the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) in Gujarat? Modi made no bones about the fact that he didn't see eye to eye with state VHP President Pravin Togadia.

Understandably, RSS elders have always played 'good cop-bad cop' among them-selves to attract different constituencies of Muslims-for instance Deendayal Upadhyaya vs Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Vajpayee vs Lal Krishna Advani, Modi vs Advani-but if the Prime Minister can restrain the crazier elements in the or-ganisation and prevent communal riots, like he did in Gujarat after 2002, then it may not be such a bad idea to come to terms with him. Better for the hearth and home to be safe, after all.

Fourth, why is it the responsibility of the Indian Muslim to take on the BJP? If the rest of the country, sick of the UPA's shenanigans over the last decade, simply wanted an alternative and somehow found Modi to fit the bill, why not the Muslim community?

And, finally, fifth: So much better to suppress your fear, put a brick on your chest at night and paste up your lips so that your inner voice, once made internationally famous by men like Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, slowly quietens down. Like Ahmedabad's or Kutch's trader Muslim community,"kaam se matlab rakho (just worry about your work)". Not whether the Saharanpur riots recently or the Muzaffarnagar riots last year were the result of alleged and deliberate polari-sation by BJP workers; or that the as-cension of Amitbhai Shah to the throne of the BJP, and especially on the eve of state elections in Maharashtra, Har-yana, Jharkhand and Jammu & Kas-hmir, is a likely indication of possible greater trouble ahead. So much better to fine-tune the double negative, sup-press your thoughts and look the other way. Perhaps, even, learn to turn the other cheek.

India Today Mood of the Nation poll: 68 per cent Muslims feel safe under the Modi Government : Cover Story - India Today

Result of kashmir vally will show what muslims and Kashmiris think about Modi.

 

[he-man]

PAID NEWS

 

[HariPrasad]

I would say one thing about modi. He has the capability to prove his critic wrong like nobody others have.

 

[agamdilawari]

Result of kashmir vally will show what muslims and Kashmiris think about Modi.

Is verdict of Kashmiri muslims a standard set for what Indian muslims in general feel about Modi ? Value of a Gujrati/Maharashtrian/Haryanvi Muslims is less than that of them ? Selective secularism

 

[Aamna Ali]

As long as we have a modern constitution and an independent judiciary, it does not matter whether Hindu fundamentalists or Muslim fundamentalists come to power. India can never be divided on religious lines as long as its institutions are secular, performance and result oriented rather than belief oriented.
Majority of muslims now support Narendra Modi, atleast in my city because of the belief that only he can bring development.
Minorities are humans too. We want development, Jobs and prosperity. Modi is the man who is doing all the right things at the moment.

 

[Dash]

PAID NEWS

Man, you are funny

 

[Not Sure]

It's nothing more than a crappy propaganda article. India Today ki aisi buri haalat ho jayegi, pata nahi tha.

Summary for those who wouldn't want to torture themselves reading this big pile of BS:

Article suggests a few points:

1. Muslims in India voted for the BJP for the sole reason that they are tired of fighting, and not because they see any promise in the Modi government.

2. BJP treats the Muslim citizens differently from citizens of other faiths. That is why some Muslims are wondering whether they too will get a share in the "achchhe din" pie.

3. Narendra Modi looking secular is just a ploy, a game of "good cop/bad cop" that he and VHP are playing to confuse Muslim voters, and that the BJP applied the same technique in all its victories. (Implication is that Muslims can never find out the real agenda of Modi -> )

4. The Muslims of India were the last group standing against the evil forces of the BJP, but in these elections they were deceived and left alone by all other communities that decided to go against Congress and vote for the BJP. Ultimately isolated, they too gave in.

5. Muslims are so suppressed under BJP, they have resorted to using bricks and Favicol to quiet their inner voice. (Could it be... that when it comes to the likes of Owaisis, it's not really their inner voice? )


If such are the writers hired by Congress Party, then I guess their bad days have just begun.