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Politics of the Indian Minority

In yet another instance of divisive politics, prior to the April 2014 elections, Mr. Subramanian Swamy of BJP party asserted that Indian Muslims who don’t admit their Hindu ancestry must be stripped of their voting rights. Votes of the 14% Indian Muslim population must be divided among different political parties while those of 80% Indian Hindu population must be bagged by the BJP, he added. This, I heard in a video with interview clips of Mr. Swamy on various news channels.   He made many other statements on the issue.   A couple of things that struck me as odd and inexplicable include: 1.        The onus of establishing the ‘Indian’ identity as a Hindu state solely lies with the Muslims among the minority populace. The other minority communities such as Christians, Zoroastrians, Jews, etc. are exempt from such or similar allegiances. 2.        Politics in the name of religion is being promoted so aggressively that to the likes of Mr. Swamy, terms like Secu