While the 2002 riots were once a volatile issue in Gujarat polls, in this election the riots are a non-issue and Gujarat's ten percent Muslim community as a whole is invisible in the poll. We are being left alone even though Modi fights elections best when he makes Muslims the target. Modi needs a Muslim target, but this time the Gujarati Muslims are lying low. "So have Gujarat's Muslims grown numbed by the attacks on them and do they not raise their voices anymore? Today for Gujarati Muslims its education, education, education.

Source: Times of India December 06, 2017 04:18 UTC