Muqtedar Khan is wrong

Submitted by Malolan Cadambi (United States), Jul 18, 2003 at 04:13

The BJP did not take sides during the Gujarat Riots. Mr Muqtedar Khan is not quoting the facts and is presenting a very biased picture. The fact is that, after the elections that followed the dismissal of the BJP Government in Gujarat by the BJP led coalition at the Centre, the BJP won an absolute majority in Gujarat. 52 Million voters of gujarat will not vote for a 'one sided' party as Mr Muqtedar Khan would put it. The BJP has muslim members, prominent among whom are Mr Muqtar Abbas Naqvi and the Minster for Textiles, Mr Syed Shahnawaz Hussain.

I request Mr Muqtedar Khan to be objective in his approach to the issue and present the un-biased facts.

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