"PM Narendra Modi s public statement in a programme in Bhopal that 80% of Muslims living in India were Pasmandas, Backwards and discriminated against is an acknowledgement of the bitter ground reality facing them, which makes a case for reservation for such Muslims to improve their lives," the BSP supremo said.
Karnataka elections 2023: Backward Muslims in the state will continue to get reservation under the EWS category, senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah told News18 Kannada in an exclusive interview
The meeting with the clerics is the first such instance when Amit Shah, as Union home minister, has been unequivocal about the state’s role in containing frequent incidents of low-intensity communal riots during the Narendra Modi regime.
In a major organisational restructuring, the BJP is getting ready to include Pasmanda Muslims in its OBC (other Backward Classes) Morcha as office-bearers.
In a major organisational restructuring, the BJP is getting ready to include Pasmanda Muslims in its OBC (other Backward Classes) Morcha as office-bearers.In May, IANS had reported that the BJP was planning to identify individuals among the .