BJP has incentivised anti-Muslim slurs by appointing MP Ramesh Bidhuri as Tonk election in-charge. There is a reason why the party found in him an ideal candidate: Muslims constitute 47 per cent of Tonk’s population. BJP is giving a whole new meaning to PM Modi’s ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ slogan.
Muslim man’s lynching over temple prasad in Delhi shows how such hate is now normalised
Temple prasad is available to everybody. To lynch a Muslim man to death for stealing banana offered to Ganesh is beyond abominable. That it happened in India’s capital and that there has been so little reaction and revulsion shows how hate and incidents of mob fury has now become normalised.
If Modi can serve India at 73, why can’t ticket aspirants? Winnability, loyalty the criteria now
BJP’s ticket-aspirants in their 70s getting inspiration from PM Modi’s third-term goals is but natural. If Modi, 73, can serve India, why can’t they serve a constituency each? Valid question. But it’s now evident that 75-year cut-off is unofficial, target-specific. Winnability and loyalty are the two criteria in Modi-Shah era.