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The effort is part of the ruling party’s larger push to woo India’s 200 million Muslims, with whom the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have a long and fraught history.

NEW DELHI: Nafis Ansari, a school principal who is Muslim, was enlisted this year by the ruling Hindu nationalist...

Senior Muslim BJP leader says political rivals use Muslim-Hindu violence to target party when it holds power

Plans to use economic record, potential religion-agnostic laws on inheritance, gender rights to draw minority voters

I have seen the Mandal phenomenon altering the basic grammar of India's politics in ways not much else could.

With this bloc having emerged as crucial voter segment, the BJP and Congress in particular have pulled out all stops to bring them into their fold

From crystal gazing the current government and understanding the fate of those in the states headed for polls to what the future holds for the newly formed opposition alliance and understanding how Indians across different sections cast their ballot, the C-suite executives of India Inc desire to know it all, pollsters and poll pandits said.

The commission is required to submit its report by February 28, 2024.

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