India has become flagbearer of inclusiveness, says Mukhtar Naqvi
Former Union cabinet minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Sunday said that India today has become the flagbearer of inclusive empowerment having crushed the "curse of communalism."
"The Modi-Yogi era has made Amar, Abdul, Antony an equal partner of prosperity by locking out and blocking the cartel of champions of castes and communities," Naqvi said.
He added that for decades Muslims are being "chewed like chewing gum" for votes and then left to fend for themselves.
Addressing the Minorities Rights Day programme, organised by the Uttar Pradesh Minorities Commission here, the senior BJP leader said that crooked politicians in the past worked according to a "cruel, communal, and criminal conspiracy" against the minorities to hijack their socio-economic and educational empowerment.
In a statement issued here, Naqvi said that the "treacherous traders of votes" are responsible for economic, educational, and social backwardness of some sections of the Muslim community.
He said that such peopl