{"id":3566,"date":"2014-04-23T05:57:52","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T05:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=3566"},"modified":"2014-04-23T05:57:52","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T05:57:52","slug":"indias-modi-slams-anti-muslim-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2014\/04\/23\/3566\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Modi slams anti-Muslim remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/news3\/india-modi-bjp.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" \/>Indian opposition leader Narendra Modi sought to calm fears for religious minorities under his rule on Tuesday, saying he would represent all Indians whether they voted for him or not in the current general election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Modi, prime ministerial candidate for the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and favorite to become India\u2019s next leader, is running on a platform of reviving an economy going through its worst slowdown since the 1980s.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But halfway through a five-week campaign to win over the country\u2019s 815 million voters, some members of the BJP and its hardline affiliates are facing accusations of trying to whip up a partisan Hindu-oriented agenda.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Their statements have re-ignited concerns among religious minorities about a government led by the BJP, which rivals say has a deep-seated bias against India\u2019s 150 million Muslims.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThis government belongs to those who have voted for it. This government belongs to those who have voted against it. This government belongs even to those who could not cast their ballot,\u201d Modi told the ABP News television channel.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cAnd the mantra of my government is absence of fear.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The comments came after Giriraj Singh, a leader of the Bihar state wing of the party, said those opposed to Modi would have to leave India and go to Muslim-majority Pakistan after the BJP won the election and formed a government.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">India\u2019s Election Commission on Tuesday barred Singh from addressing public meetings and asked local authorities to register a case against him for his \u201cinflammatory\u201d statements.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Modi said nobody could agree with Singh\u2019s comments.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In a Twitter post, he admonished his colleagues on the Hindu far Right for railing against India\u2019s Muslims and liberals in the election campaign, dubbing their statements \u201cirresponsible.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Television channels this week showed a video in which Praveen Togadia, a firebrand member of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, a sister organization of the BJP, was seen offering advice on how to prevent Muslims from buying property in Hindu-dominated areas.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Togadia denied that, saying he only asked Hindus to seek the help of police to resolve property disputes involving Muslims.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On Monday, a leader of the BJP\u2019s alliance partner in the Western state of Maharashtra said Modi would teach a lesson to Muslim rioters. Shiv Sena leader Ramdas Kadam made the comments at a joint election rally with Modi in Mumbai.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source:<\/span> <em><strong>Asharq Al-Awsat<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian opposition leader Narendra Modi sought to calm fears for religious minorities under his rule on Tuesday, saying he would represent all Indians whether they voted for him or not in the current general election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>India\u2019s Modi slams anti-Muslim remarks - 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