The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in India\u2019s northeastern state of Assam plans to conduct a census on indigenous Muslims in the state, the Diplomat reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the decision is apparently for the community\u2019s \u201csocio-political and educational upliftment,\u201d it is also aimed at reaping electoral dividend for the ruling BJP, some experts have noted, describing the move as a tactic to consolidate the indigenous Muslim communities in favor of the BJP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Assamese Muslims comprise 35 percent of the state\u2019s total Muslim population of about 12 million, where Muslims form 34 percent of Assam\u2019s total population of about 35 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in India\u2019s northeastern state of Assam plans to conduct a census on indigenous Muslims in the state, the Diplomat reported. While the decision is apparently for the community\u2019s \u201csocio-political and educational upliftment,\u201d it is also aimed at reaping electoral dividend for the ruling BJP, some experts have noted, describing …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":99527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[2929,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n