NEW DELHI: Alleging that for the Congress secularism is a vote-hijacking machine , Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday said the BJP is the most secular party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the icon of our constitutional commitment to secularism .
The Minority Affairs Minister also claimed that Muslims strong support for Prime Minister Modi is visible in the assembly elections and slowly they are aligning with the BJP.
In an interview with PTI, Naqvi said the Congress alliance with Badruddin Ajmal s All India United Democratic Front in Assam, Indian Secular Front in West Bengal and the Indian Union Muslim League in Kerala has exposed the party s secular tag on communal bag policy.
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi calls PM Modi an icon of secularism
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi calls PM Modi an icon of secularism
The Minority Affairs Minister also claimed that Muslims strong support for the for Prime Minister is visible in the assembly elections and slowly they are aligning with the BJP.
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New Delhi: Alleging that for the Congress secularism is a “vote-hijacking machine”, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday said the BJP is the most secular party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the “icon of our constitutional commitment to secularism”.
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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will on March 13 inaugurate the 27th edition of Hunar Haat that will bring together indigenous artisans and craftsmen from across the country at the Lal Parade Ground in Bhopal. The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs is organising the Hunar Haat on the theme of Vocal for Local from March 12 to March 21 in Bhopal. The Hunar Haat will be officially inaugurated on March 13, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said. Artisans and craftsmen from more than 31 states and Union Territories will be participating in the Hunar Haat in Bhopal, he said. Naqvi said the last Hunar Haat held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi was a huge success with over 16 lakh people visiting it between February 20 to March 1, 2021.
Some political parties consider politics of inheritance their birthright but such people are failing to perform on the development front, Naqvi said in a swipe at the Congress.