Visuals of a few men wearing skull caps in the crowd at Amit Shah’s tea event were streamed out of Dariapur. (Source: AP Photo) Visuals of a few men wearing skull caps in the crowd at Amit Shah’s tea event were streamed out of Dariapur. The Muslim vote has suddenly become critical to the BJP in Gujarat after the apparent disenchantment of the Patidar community. Even when Latif was alive, this constituency that then went by the name of Dariapur-Kazipur, was won by the BJP. In Jamalpur-Khadia, the constituency cheek-by-jowl with Dariapur, BJP candidate Bhushan Bhatt launched his campaign recently with a public meeting of Muslims who constitute nearly 61 per cent of the vote.

Source: Indian Express November 30, 2017 06:22 UTC