The youngest BJP MLA, Harsh Sanghavi, says Modi brought peace & harmony to Gujarat after the 2002 riots, and that the BJP has worked for Muslims in the state.
Dharmendrasinh Jadeja & Raghavji Patel were Congress MLAs who switched to the BJP. But to their constituents, their good record matters, not the party.
The failure of the BJP-RSS dispensation in Gujarat to read caste correctly and understand its dynamic political character has led to this present predicament.
Cotton farmers in the Saurashtra region don’t want a change of guard in Gujarat, say BJP has ensured better roads, schools, power and water in villages.
The PM did make a valid point when he criticised the Congress for categorising the entire Muslim community in Karnataka under the Other Backward Classes. It is pure appeasement of Ashraaf Muslims and discriminates against Pasmandas.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
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