Not just because he has come full circle since, but also because Modi became prime minister, and has grown from strength to strength, without having to placate Muslims. But she also balanced this by reaching out to Muslims, Christians and other minorities. Congress played along with the ‘absence’ of Muslims during the Gujarat polls. ‘Reverse polarisation’, as the jargon goes, largely explained the 2014 verdict and demonstrated that a party can secure a majority without courting — or accommodating — Muslims. To ensure this is not repeated, so runs the theory, Muslims must ‘abstain’ from active politics.

Source: Economic Times March 29, 2018 03:22 UTC