Modi's Muslim outreach at AMU: Driven perhaps by a changing global picture

Modi chose the last full week in 2020 to launch some important outreach to two sets of angry constituents: Muslims and the farmers

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Narendra Modi | India’s minority | hate crimes against Muslims

Shekhar Gupta  |  New Delhi 

Shekhar Gupta

It is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first outreach, to India’s alienated Muslim minority, that we are more interested in. First, because, as in 2019, he concluded the year with a pitch to India’s Muslims. Second, because, somewhat serendipitously, he chose December 22 to do so.

Remember, last year, he had similarly spoken at Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan when the anti-CAA agitation was at its peak. Third, because his tone and political proposition to Muslims again seemed contrary to his party’s politics and actions. And fourth, because it followed a very significant ...

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First Published: Sat, December 26 2020. 00:13 IST
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