TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday said Muslims do not vote for the BJP, but the government has given them “proper sanctity”. “We have got 13 Chief Ministers of our own. We are ruling the country. Have we victimised any Muslim gentleman working in industry or service? Have we dismissed them? We don’t get Muslim votes.
I acknowledge very clearly, but have we given them proper sanctity or not?” Mr. Prasad said at the annual Mind Mine Summit organised by the Hero Group in New Delhi. The Minister was responding to a question related to development having an impact on culture and diversity. “We salute diversity and culture of India. There are two ways of looking at it. Let me be very frank today.
There has been campaign against us for a very long time, but today we are here because of the blessings of people of India,” he said. In the recent Assembly elections, the BJP scored an impressive win in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The party also formed governments in Goa and Manipur. Its main rival, the Congress, was able to get a clear majority only in Punjab.
