Ruing Muslim vote won't do, Oppn must build viable political formation

India needs more than one political formation that will work for all citizens without any discrimination

There is a lot of consternation among some intellectuals that the Muslim vote has become powerless and without voice in the polity of India. Such intellectuals have put the blame for this at the door of the BJP and its leader, Narendra Modi, in particular. In this article we shall examine if this is the case.

If indeed Mr Modi and BJP are the cause for the Muslim vote becoming irrelevant, there is an easy solution. It is very easy to defeat Mr Modi and his party, which still has a less than half vote share nationally, and only four