Indian Prime Minister Modi's party is touting Hindu-first politics and big-ticket construction projects, like a mega Hindu temple, to woo voters in Uttar Pradesh. But there is rising fear among minority Muslims, many of whom feel marginalized.
The polls are a referendum on the saffron-robed Adityanath, a poster figure for the Hindu right-wing, who some analysts believe is vying to be the next prime minister. In 2017, he was appointed the chief minister — the top state official — after the BJP won.
“The BJP has built houses and toilets for the poor without differentiating between their caste and religion. No one can claim the benefits of government schemes have reached only Hindus and not Muslims,” said Vijay Bahadur Pathak, the BJP state vice president. Even the construction of the temple in Ayodhya has been met with resignation from the city’s Muslims.
The mosque’s destruction in 1992 set off riots in which 2,000 people across India were killed, mostly Muslims. There’s a a feeling among many Muslims in Uttar Pradesh of rising fear and uncertainty, although Hindu and Muslim residents in Ayodhya itself say there have been no religious tensions since the mosque unrest.
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