Top themes of Home Minister Amit Shah’s campaign speech at an election rally: “The ulema has asked Congress for a 10% reservation for Muslims in Maharashtra, and they have accepted that. Are you in favour of taking reservations from SC/ST, OBC, Dalits, and Adivasis, only to give them to Muslims? You need to pay attention to this. Are you in favour of this? Don’t worry—as long as the BJP has any legislators, minorities will never be given reservation.”
“The Congress opposes the Wakf Amendment. Waqf is taking away land from temples and even entire villages in Karnataka. Sharad Pawar supports this law, but that means tomorrow the Waqf can declare your assets as theirs. Don’t worry—Modi is going to take these powers away from the Waqf.”