
Communal Politics at Its Worst: Scramble for Minority Votes
MS Shanker India’s political landscape is witnessing an unprecedented and blatant scramble for minority votes, particularly among Muslims, who constitute around 18% of the population. The opposition parties, long accustomed to a complacent majority, are now aggressively courting minority voters to stay relevant in the electoral game. With Congress—the traditional bastion of Muslim votes—losing its…