Senior BJP leader and former Minister Shahnawaz Hussain criticized Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for presenting wrong information about the condition of Muslims and Dalits in India to foreign countries. Shahnawaz accused Gandhi of exposing the failures of the Congress regime, responsible for not protecting the rights and dignities of Muslims and Dalits during the eighties, when he claimed the situation was still the same. Shahnawaz further stated that Gandhi should learn from the former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on how to present India in foreign countries without denting its image. Shahnawaz claimed that minorities and Dalits were more secure under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governance, and receiving equal opportunities for growth like any other community. Contrarily, the Congress Party merely focused on exploiting Muslims for vote bank politics and never worked towards their upliftment and mainstreaming.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of India’s largest political parties, founded in 1980. It is currently in power in the central government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Shahnawaz Hussain is a politician and spokesperson for the BJP. He served as Minister of State for Food and Consumer Affairs in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government from 1999 to 2000. Hussain has also held various other positions in the BJP, such as General Secretary, Member of Parliament, and National Spokesperson.
