Pasmanda Muslims, who are an attractive vote bank, comprise more than 85% of the entire Muslim population in India. However, how much the BJP's ‘sneh' and 'samman’ yatras will help them is little-known.
Dalits who have "ameliorated their social status" by converting to Christianity or Islam cannot claim to be backward since "backwardness based on untouchability is only prevalent in the Hindu society or its branches", the government said in an affidavit.