Why is BJP showing more kindness to minorities, understand its meaning from three cases

Before the Lok Sabha elections, BJP is trying to increase its reach among all the communities of the society. BJP is taking new steps especially to make its hold and reach among the minority community. Be it appointing a Sikh to the BJP’s top body Parliamentary Board or making four Muslims MLCs in Uttar Pradesh. The party has tried to increase its reach among the minorities.

BJP leaders appointed Tariq Mansoor, former vice-chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council after celebrating Easter with Christians in Kerala earlier this month. This has increased the number of Muslim MLCs to four, the highest among all parties.

In August last year, the party had inducted Iqbal Singh Lalpura, who comes from the Sikh community, into the party parliamentary party, who is relatively new compared to many leaders.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the last two national executive of the BJP, has asked party workers to reach out to minorities beyond electoral objectives. He himself has been meeting the spiritual leaders of the minorities. However, the BJP has only one Muslim MP, while there is not a single Union minister from the community.

Explaining the purpose of such activities, BJP Minority Morcha president Jamal Siddiqui, speaking to ET, said, “The Congress has always tried to create a perception about us as a divisive force in the society, while Modi The BJP under the leadership of is an inclusive force working on the principle of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas.” He said that the party as an inclusive party has taken several steps to give representation to the minorities within the organisation.

Let us tell you that in order to make its reach among the minority community, the BJP is keeping an eye on the Sikh and Christian leaders of the Congress in Punjab and Kerala, who are engaged in defection. In these two states, the Congress wins the majority of Lok Sabha seats. In 2019, Congress had won a total of 23 seats in these two states. The Congress had won 15 out of 20 seats in Kerala and eight out of 13 in Punjab.