Meet the Kashmiris who support Narendra Modi's hard-right BJP party
They visit Sufi shrines to seek blessings from Muslim saints, eat beef dishes from roadside stalls, and their posters have a green background instead of the traditional saffron - The Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janta Party has a very different face in Kashmir.
The articles make sure that the demographic balance of the region remains the same. In Kashmir, however, the party is keen to stress that nothing will change the status-quo.The man leading the BJP charge in Kashmir, is 42-year-old Khalid Jahangir, who joined the party in 2014, and is its candidate for the Srinagar constituency, which will vote on April 18.“All mainstream parties in Kashmir are seen as sinister, it is not only BJP,” he rushed to add quickly after.
To the same end, the party’s national platform is not spoken about, but instead conversations with the electorate revolve around issues of development, roads, jobs, and programmes for the poor.There are a myriad reasons why Kashmiris would sign up for a party, which on the national level, incites against their state and religion. , personal vendettas and poverty featured prominently.
Unlike most other parties, however, the BJP in Kashmir is adamant on stressing the importance of integration with India.
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