New Delhi, July 15 (UNI) Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi strongly supported the BJP’s campaign to connect with the Muslims, especially the Pasmanda Muslims, say- ing that when the BJP government did not discriminate in the matter of development during the last eight years, then why should there be discrimination against his party overvotes? In a conversation with IANS, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi spoke on several issues like overpopulation, and the questions raised by the TMC on giving the minority ministry to Smriti Irani, on the allegations of changing the national emblem lion.
Q: The BJP is paying special attention to connecting backward (Pasmanda) Muslims with the party. Was this topic also dis- cussed during the talks on the BJP’s victory in Rampur and Azamgarh by-elections at the recent National Executive meeting of the party held in Hyderabad?
A: The BJP is a national and nationalist party that believes in taking all sections of society along and if you look at the tenure of our government for the last eight years, you will clearly see that we have no discrimination in the matter of development. Then why discriminate against us (BJP) in terms of votes? Therefore, we should go among the people and tell them about the work we have done for inclusive development. We are a political party and of course, we would like people from all communities to join us.
