BJP woos UP Muslims with Modi's Gujarat model

[Truth Finder]

Ahead of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's rally in Kanpur on October 19, the party is distributing booklets in the Muslim-dominated localities in the city highlighting the "growth of the community in Gujarat" under his chief ministership.

Party sources said it was an attempt to counter efforts of the Congress and the Samajwadi Party to sneak into the BJP's vote bank. The Kanpur event is of major political significance for the BJP as it will be Modi's first public meeting in the politically crucial Uttar Pradesh in years.

Over 20,000 copies of the booklet titled "Naz Hai Gujarat Par" (We are proud of Gujarat), published by the Minority Cell of BJP's Gujarat unit, have already been distributed in various parts of Kanpur, sources said, adding that the exercise would be extended across the state in the next two months.

The booklet states the Sachar Committee has confirmed in its report that Gujarat's Muslims have prospered in the last a few years. "Misinformation was spread across that the Muslims in Gujarat were not growing socially and economically. But the reality is just opposite of it," it claimed. Pictures of Modi with Muslims and clerics have also been featured in it. "Over three dozen members of Modi's team have been camping in Kanpur for last 10 days. They are deciding even the minutest things… We are apprehensive of the fact that the SP government may create law and order problem during the rally and blame us for it. This is why Gujarat government officials are regularly visiting the city to review arrangements," said a BJP leader on the condition of anonymity.

The BJP, however, knows well it would take tremendous energy to woo even a fraction of Muslim votes. "We know that it is tough to bring the Muslims in the BJP fold. But the whole idea of Team Modi is to create a flutter in the Congress and the SP camp, so that they concentrate in the minority votes and stop thinking about sneaking into our Hindu vote bank," the leader added.

Kanpur was decided strategically for Modi's first rally in UP. There are six Lok Sabha seats in the region, including Kanpur, Akbarpur, Farrukhabad, Fatehpur, Kannauj and Etawah, which are either held by the Congress or the SP. "Modi wants to claim these seats," he said.

When contacted, UP BJP spokesperson Vijay Bahadur Pathak said the Hindus as well the Muslims trust Modi more than any other leader in the Country.

"The benefits of development have reached every community in Gujarat. It is a fact that the Muslims vote for Modi in Gujarat because they want continuous development. We have every right to tell the voters the good things that Modi has done," he said.


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[Arav_Rana]

UP muslims ll replay by doing riots (like recently they did stone pelting on Ramleela in muzaffar nagar ) .

 

[Truth Finder]

It seems that BJP is apprehensive of a mega-riot in UP soon. They are saying this about UP for some days. Modi is coming there on 19th. Hope everything goes well after that.

 

[sankranti]

Modi Magic in Action

Jamiat chief lashes out at Congress for fanning fears about Modi - The Times of India

JAIPUR: Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind chief Syed Mehmood Madani on Monday accused the Congress party of creating a Modi bogey to spook the Muslim voters into backing the party in the 2014 election. He asked Muslims not to be scared of the Gujarat chief minister being BJP's prime ministerial candidate.

"The Muslim community should not be scared. Secularism is deep-rooted in the country and communal forces can never win over the hearts of general public," said Madani. He was speaking at a conference on the demand for reservation for Muslims at Jaipur's Birla Auditorium. Madani, a former Rajya Sabha MP, warned the Congress of backlash from Muslims in the upcoming assembly elections in five states.

"Congress should not try to get Muslim votes by creating fear about somebody. The party should look at possibilities of community welfare which they have not done so far," he added.

The Jamiat leader accused both the Congress in Rajasthan and the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh of failing to protect Muslims. "Muslims were at the receiving end during the riots at Muzaffarnagar in UP and Gopalgarh in Rajasthan. The respective governments failed to read the communal undercurrents and act," Madani said.

The statement comes two years after Maulana Ghulam Ahmed Vastanvi was forced to quit as Darul Uloom Deoband vice-chancellor over his comments about the positive impact of Gujarat's development's on the state's Muslims. The remarks were construed as praise for Modi, widely accused of complicity in the 2002 anti-Muslim pogrom. Madani and supporters were believed to have orchestrated the campaign against Vastanvi, the first Gujarati to be nominated for the post, as they feared his elevation could weaken the family's traditional hold over the influential western Uttar Pradesh seminary.

On Monday, Madani also alleged the Ashok Gehlot government was unfriendly to Muslims as five years of his rule witnessed several incidents of atrocities in places like Gopalgarh, Surval (Sawai Madhopur) and Tonk.

He also raised the issue of Ajmer Dargah blast and criticized investigative agencies for slow pace of probe. "Muslims will answer to every injustice meted out to them by voting judiciously in favour of right candidates and right party," Madani said.