While the Indian government has taken steps to control the diplomatic backlash from Gulf countries over the anti-Prophet comments, Smita Sharma says the real challenges for Prime Minister Modi are at home.
While the Indian government has taken steps to control the diplomatic backlash from Gulf countries over the anti-Prophet comments, Smita Sharma says the real challenges for Prime Minister Modi are at home.
Since 2014, a spree of redefining each aspect of India’s society, politics and culture has been launched by the Hindutva forces in India. In line with that, Muslims’ “Tryst with Destiny” in India is also getting redefined. Hindutva entities have nursed a long grudge against the Congress government who according to them left Muslims and their laws untouched while forcing its way against Hindus. Abolition of triple talaq, Uniform Civil Code (UCC), construction of Ram temple at the site of Babri mosque, change in Articles 370 and 35(A) and other such agenda were taken up to straighten up whatever odds accumulated under the functioning of “pseudo-secular” government. In the process, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tried to touch upon the caste issue among the Indian Muslims as well, albeit for a short moment.