BJP is emerging as second-most preferred political choice for Muslim voters in India

[kingQamaR]

Personally I really don’t care who the Indian Muslims are voting for. BjP or Donald Trump. Has no bearing on my daily life home. Neither am I interested in muslims in India. It’s all going to end up in one big mess after modi wins. One million Afghan refugees was bearable in my part of the country. I don’t want too see 200 million Indian Muslims flooding Pakistan. If they are this ridiculously stupid in electing for there own extinction. Don’t drag us Pakistanis into it.

 

[Yankee-stani]

Look, for example at the leaders of All parties Hurriyat Conference (the most reputable nonviolent, popular Kashmir separatist organization.)

Both Mirwaiz Omar Farooq (new, main faction) and Yasin Malik (JKLF) have made anti-Pakistan statements in the past. Actually, lack of Pakistani help or any support pushed many Kashmir leaders to start demanding a totally independent Kashmir, without India or Pakistan. They falsely equated lack of Pakistani help as a sign of complicity with India. Mirwaiz is more of a nationalist than a religious leader, while Yasin Malik was a former nationalist militant. Neither is completely anti-Pakistani, but wary of us due to our lack of a concrete policy on Kashmir.

Mirwaiz Omar Farooq

Yasin Malik

Whilst the eldest leader, religious scholar, and head of a different faction of APHC, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has been an adamant pro-Pakistan Kashmiri resistance leader. He has left no stone unturned in supporting Pakistan at any junction. He is the main leader who pushed Kashmiris to bring Pakistani flags to protests, bury their dead in Pakistani flags, to chant the nara "Pakistan ka matlab kya? Pakistan se rishta kya?," and push for union with Pakistan as a matter of religious doctrine.

Syed Ali Shah Geelani

It was also because of the dominance of other groups (like the two mentioned previously) in the 90s and 2000s that Pakistan has hesitant to support Kashmiris 100%, as it may have meant fully independent Kashmir with loss of Pakistani territory in addition Indian exit.

It was only until Burhan Wani's rise and shahadat that the pro-Pakistan cause in Kashmir was re-ignited. Now, all anti-Pakistan or Pakistan-sceptic Kashmiri groups and leaders have had to re-evaluate themselves in light of the valiant Hezb ul Mujahideen leader. Kashmir is now firmly in the Pakistani camp.

Shaheed Burhan Wani

This is why India has become so brutal in its oppression of Kashmiris, as it sees Kashmir slipping from its grasp. It is only a matter of time now before Kashmir merges fully with Pakistan. India can only delay it.

Its mix of all factors tbh Geelani may be the dude chanting Pakistani slogans but the frustrations is pretty racial I mean let's say the Indians populate the region with Tamil Muslims or from Gujaratis I don think the local Kashmiris would be fond of that I would support two conditions on Kashmir (1) annex it part of Pakistan (2) an Independent Kashmir but our vassal State I would say since the Kashmiris mostly are pro Pakistan option 1 makes sense and will happen the reason why the Kashmir dispute has been too long is lack of inatiatives by Islamabad and frankly the Abdullah crime family who sold Pakistan out in 1947 also it's interesting to see Abdullah and Mufti come anti Indian never thought I would see that in my lifetime

 

[sohail.ishaque]

Well, if Pakistani's could have voted, our most preferred party for India would have been also BJP. Anyways gl, modi jindabad.

Yeah Modi Jindabad. Jinda hai Modi Jinda hai.. Jiyeee Modi,... Khata hai to lagata bi to hai...

 

[xyxmt]

so RSS goons catch up with Muslim voters at exit poll and ask who did you vote for, what answer did they expect

 

[Soumitra]

so RSS goons catch up with Muslim voters at exit poll and ask who did you vote for, what answer did they expect

CVoter is a polling agency - one of the biggest in India. They are not " RSS-Goons"

And this survey was concluded just before election. But live in your conspiracy theory world.

BTW did you know that there were reports of muslim husbands preventing their wives from voting because they feared they will vote for Modi who brought the Triple Talaq ban

 

[Peaceful Civilian]

Its mix of all factors tbh Geelani may be the dude chanting Pakistani slogans but the frustrations is pretty racial I mean let's say the Indians populate the region with Tamil Muslims or from Gujaratis I don think the local Kashmiris would be

People see from different eye. Geelani is doing struggle for independence , but his children are studying abroad, enjoying lavish life there.
Also Syed Geelani became controversial in indian muslims after he offered prayer for Osama bin ladin

 

[kingQamaR]

CVoter is a polling agency - one of the biggest in India. They are not " RSS-Goons"

And this survey was concluded just before election. But live in your conspiracy theory world.

BTW did you know that there were reports of muslim husbands preventing their wives from voting because they feared they will vote for Modi who brought the Triple Talaq ban

Cough cough hehehe

Modi saving Muslim woman! That’s a new one hahaha

And Muslim woman supporting modi’s party and his henchmen rapists and murderers of Gujarat massacres

We Pakistanis learn something new shocking everyday how fcked up your country is

 

[Soumitra]

Cough cough hehehe

Modi saving Muslim woman! That’s a new one hahaha

And Muslim woman supporting modi’s party and his henchmen rapists and murderers of Gujarat massacres

We Pakistanis learn something new shocking everyday how fcked up your country is

Well results speak for themselves.

UP with >20% muslims gave Modi 73/80 seats and yogi a 75% majority in state election

BJP won even in seats where there were 30-40% muslims. This when the entire campaign was "Muslim khatre main hai" and even before the ban on Triple Talaq.

You don't believe the survey, you just wait one month for the results. 23 May ko sab saaf ho jayega.

@jamahir @AfrazulMandal what do you think of this survey?

 

[xyxmt]

CVoter is a polling agency - one of the biggest in India. They are not " RSS-Goons"

And this survey was concluded just before election. But live in your conspiracy theory world.

BTW did you know that there were reports of muslim husbands preventing their wives from voting because they feared they will vote for Modi who brought the Triple Talaq ban

they maybe but what about RSS goons standing near by

 

[kingQamaR]

Well results speak for themselves.

UP with >20% muslims gave Modi 73/80 seats and yogi a 75% majority in state election

BJP won even in seats where there were 30-40% muslims. This when the entire campaign was "Muslim khatre main hai" and even before the ban on Triple Talaq.

You don't believe the survey, you just wait one month for the results. 23 May ko sab saaf ho jayega.

@jamahir @AfrazulMandal what do you think of this survey?

My observation, was on your ridiculous voters. And there mental mindset and sadly you’ve not proven me wrong on that...lol

Urdu wording slogans doesn’t cut with me. Makes you more desperate to sell this nonsense.

 

[Soumitra]

My observation, was on your ridiculous voters. And there mental mindset and sadly you’ve not proven me wrong on that...lol

Urdu wording slogans doesn’t cut with me. Makes you more desperate to sell this nonsense.

You may call them ridiculous but it doesn't cane the fact that many muslims vote for BJP. no one wants a certificate from you.

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

Its mix of all factors tbh Geelani may be the dude chanting Pakistani slogans but the frustrations is pretty racial I mean let's say the Indians populate the region with Tamil Muslims or from Gujaratis I don think the local Kashmiris would be fond of that I would support two conditions on Kashmir (1) annex it part of Pakistan (2) an Independent Kashmir but our vassal State I would say since the Kashmiris mostly are pro Pakistan option 1 makes sense and will happen the reason why the Kashmir dispute has been too long is lack of inatiatives by Islamabad and frankly the Abdullah crime family who sold Pakistan out in 1947 also it's interesting to see Abdullah and Mufti come anti Indian never thought I would see that in my lifetime

To me and you, we see a racial dimension in the conflict as Kashmiris are a predominantly Iranic people, related by blood to Punjabis, Paharis, Chitralis, Baltis, and Pukhtoons.

Kashmiris do not, nor have ever seen it in that racial dimension. They are still stuck in the same entrenched and under siege mindset which our ancestors in 1947 East Punjab were stuck in.

An unwanted Muslim majority population surrounded on all sides by Hindu mobs, settlers and sympathetic Indian army and police bent on demographic change of Muslim majority areas.

It is very much about Islam and only Islam, which Kashmiris have held on to to justify and give legitimacy to their goal of merging with Pakistan.

Pakistan must never shirk in its responsibility to help Kashmiris, nor ever neglect the call of Islam, as these two factors will earn us the respect and admiration of Kashmiris which we lost due to the self-destructive policies of our previous three administrations.

I say this also for Afghanistan, they respect us for the sole reason that we are Muslims and a strong, independent Islamic state. Any naysayers will have to inevitably come around, just as Kashmiris have done.

 

[kingQamaR]

You may call them ridiculous but it doesn't cane the fact that many muslims vote for BJP. no one wants a certificate from you.

There was no other honest way. I could best describe them, too what you’ve have been reporting here. It’s you who purposely I strongly belief highlighted Muslims role in modi’s positive reelection not me. Too get a response from Pakistanis. Don’t know why you needed that? If you have said Indian citizens in droves support modi I would have just skipped on. I felt the need Indian oxymorons muslims are further from us as Africa is. Bitter pill for you too swallow is Pakistanis muslims are not Indian muslims guardians. They r free to do what’s best for there future interests. As for me a free citizen in Pakistan I have no worries about our future. Enjoy what ever you elect.

 

[Chhatrapati]

Kashmir dispute is Islamic in nature due to demographics. 95% of the Kashmir valley is Muslim. Ladakh has been flooded by Tibetan refugees to decrease percentage of Muslims. Jammu was ethnically cleansed of Muslims, and settled by Gujuratis.

Jammu area is dominated by Hindus who are not from other regions but Kashmiris, migration post 1947 was not allowed because of article 370, Kashmir dispute is sure religious in nature. Similarly, Ladakh was never a Muslim dominated area, it was a place of Tibetan Buddhist due to their closeness to Tibet long before Islamic invasions.

Also, Tibetan refugees are never allowed in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, they have their own place in Arunachal Pradesh and many other places.

It seems you know much less than even the dum dums. But hey, I'm just passing by the foolishness here.

 

[AfrazulMandal]

BJP is emerging as second-most preferred political choice for Muslim voters in India
Muslim voters know elections are not fought in TV studios & their voting pattern shows that.
HILAL AHMED Updated: 24 April, 2019 1:12 pm IST

Voters in Bulandshahr | PTI
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As the 2019 election progresses, there are three questions people ask about the Muslim vote: Are Muslims enthusiastic to vote this time? Do they want the Narendra Modi government to get another chance? And are they going to do ‘tactical voting’ to defeat theBJP pan-India?

The popular perception is that religious polarisation, the race for ‘Hindu votes’ and the declining number of Muslim candidates in the last five years has reduced the significance of Muslims as a decisive voting community. But does it have any direct relationship with Muslim voting preferences?

Do they believe in the power of the vote?
CSDS-Lokniti’s pre-poll survey 2019 is a useful source to explore these questions. The survey was conducted in the last week of March 2019 among 10,010 respondents spread across 19states of India. Thirteen per cent of the respondents were Muslims.

Out of them, 85 per cent Muslims respondents said that they were likely to vote in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. This overwhelming enthusiasm for voting confirms that the prevailinganti-Muslim environment does not affect Muslim participation in political processes. It simply means that Muslims, like other marginalised communities – particularly the SCs and STs – still believe in the efficacy of their votes.

Arindam Mukherjee | ThePrint

Do they want Modi again?
Although the BJP has always been seen as a pro-Hindu party, it has nurtured a clear anti-Muslim image under the leadership of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. The Modi government’s reluctance to control violent Hindutva politics is a signifier of Hindu majoritarianism. Most of the Muslim respondents, like other religious minorities, do not think that the Modi government should be given another opportunity.

However, a straightforward Hindu-Muslim and/or the minority-majority framework cannot help us in making sense of this anti-Modi Muslim response.

We must remember that 31 per cent Hindu respondents also feel that Modi government should not get another term. On the contrary, 26 per cent Muslims are in favour of the Modi government. This figure is very relevant because it demonstrates that Muslims are the second largest set of respondents who want the Modi government to back in power.

Arindam Mukherjee | ThePrint
Are they going to defeat BJP?
The BJP has never been the first choice of Muslim voters in India. According to the previous CSDS-Lokniti surveys, the Congress was the first preference for Muslim voters in the period 1996-2009. Although this trend continued in 2014, the Muslim vote share of the BJP increased quite significantly and went up to 9 per cent. The assembly elections that took place in the Modi era (2014-2018) also reveal that the BJP began to get some kind of electoral legitimacy among Muslims.

The recent pre-poll survey also confirms this trend. Although the Congress emerges as the main Muslim vote gainer, it does not affect the BJP’s prospects among Muslims. It reported that the BJP may get 14 per cent Muslim votes, which is going to be around 5 percentage points swing in its favour in comparison to 2014. In fact, the BJP is emerging as the second most preferred political choice for Muslims (along with BSP-SP combined).

Arindam Mukherjee | ThePrint


The party competition at the state level appears to be the most significant aspect that determines Muslim responses. The BJP would gain Muslim support in those states where it had a direct one-to-one contest with the Congress or any other party, especially in Gujarat. However, the regional picture this time might be quite different.

A majority of Muslims in Assam, Gujarat and Telangana clearly expressed their preference for the Congress. This trend exists in Bihar and Maharashtra as well, where the Congress is in alliance with other parties.

The BJP, on the other hand, is going to get the maximum Muslim support from three states—Rajasthan, Karnataka and West Bengal—where it did not have an adequate Muslim mass base in the past. The party is also likely to retain 14 per cent of Muslim votes in Uttar Pradesh, which is equal to the national average.

Arindam Mukherjee | ThePrint
This highly diversified and apparently non-committed Muslim response signal two important political facts.

First, political parties are made of individuals—not ideologies. In this sense, the BJP has emerged as the most powerful party and not just because of its stated ideology of Hindutva. On the contrary, the party has expanded its social base in every part of the country because a large number of powerful regional leaders, who had their own electoral mass base, have joined it.

The decline of Left parties in West Bengal and the disintegration of the Congress in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh (despite victory in the assembly elections) simply means that individual leaders of these parties have joined the BJP. These leaders continue to nurture their traditional Muslim support and as a result, the BJP is able to make effective linkages with Muslims voters.



Second, the discourse of election, which is dominated by the anti-Muslim narrative, is different from the actual mobilisation of voters at the constituency level. My recent fieldwork in different parts of UP, Bihar, Haryana and Delhi confirms that Muslims at the constituency level are being approached by all parties, including the BJP. In such a scenario, the so-called ideological distinction between the BJP and others disappears, and a highly localised form of political bargain begins between the candidates and Muslims voters.

Muslim voters’ rejection of provocative Hindutva is an important aspect of contemporary Muslim electoral attitude. But they are, it seems, more intelligent than others because they know that elections are not contested in TV studios or in big rallies.

https://theprint.in/opinion/bjp-is-...cal-choice-for-muslim-voters-in-india/225041/

A third of 'Muslims' are of the sarkari variety.

We have always knows this.

The Indian Muslims are reaping the rewards in full when the RSS lynches, rapes and kills them for supporting them.

A significant section of beghairats vote for Hindutva.
We know this. I hope they give up their Muslim names and fully start worshipping murthis. No fassad.