Saswat Panigrahi
In the recently concluded
Gujarat civic poll, the BJP won all 27 seats in Salaya municipality, a
Muslim-majority town in Jamnagar district. Of the 27 winning candidates, 24 are
Muslims and the remaining three are Hindus. Not to forgetten is the fact that
in the last Gujarat Assembly election, BJP won 12 out of 19 Muslim-dominated
constituencies.
The figures tell a story.
Narendra Modi is emerging as a popular leader among Muslims in Gujarat. But one
needs to understand what the growing popularity of Modi among Gujarati Muslims
should be attributed to.
Muslims in Gujarat are
better off than their counterparts in other States. The Sachar Committee —
appointed by the Congress-led UPA to study the socio-economic and educational
status of Muslims in the country brought home this very fact.
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