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Jaisa raja, waisi praja. A Prime Minister whose dog-whistle about identifying Muslims by their clothing has contributed to an increasingly hostile and unsafe environment for Muslims in India presides over a governance model characterised by: 1️⃣Widespread violence against Muslim citizens, followed by impunity. At least 54 people were killed in 322 reported hate crimes targeting minorities across India in the first nine months of the year. And we know that only a small fraction of documented hate-related incidents and cases of mob violence result in formal First Information Reports (FIRs), prosecutions or convictions <image 1 attached> 2️⃣The deliberate erasure of Muslim religious sites. The laboratory for this project is, unsurprisingly, the home state of the Prime Minister and his partner-in-crime, the Home Minister. In Gujarat's Gir Somnath district, a pattern of systematic erasure of Islamic shrines is unfolding, with reports describing a 'plan to wipe out dargahs'. Several historic shrines, including the Haji Mangrol Dargah, Pir Silar Shah Dargah, Garib Shah Dargah and Jafar Muzaffar Dargah, have been bulldozed in the district. <image 2 attached> 3️⃣The deliberate erasure of Muslim homes. Governments in BJP-ruled states such as Uttar Pradesh and Assam have institutionalised what has come to be known as Bulldozer Raj, with Muslim homes being demolished, often without due process or meaningful recourse for those affected. Recently, on November 1, the Assam government carried out a series of demolitions in Alamganj, Dhubri. On Nov 8, Himanta Biswa Sarma posted the following on his X account: "Just before Diwali, we undertook this Ghar ki Safai in Lakhimpur." <video attached. Pay particular attention to the insensitive background music> None of this happens in isolation. ❌Modi himself, and other BJP leaders, including Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath, Kapil Mishra, Anurag Thakur, Giriraj Singh, and Nupur Sharma - only to name a few - have repeatedly been associated with hate speech, discriminatory rhetoric or actions targeting Muslims, with NO meaningful accountability. ❌When those at the top act with impunity, the system beneath them works, predictably, to Muslims’ disadvantage. There is little reason to expect a leadership that keeps feeding this hate machine will ever treat Muslims as equal citizens. 🔔That is why it matters who occupies the highest office in the country. India needs a Prime Minister who believes in equal citizenship, irrespective of religion, caste, tribe, gender or economic status. And Modi is not that person.

✅The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs first circulated the agenda for its 17 November meeting on 5 November. ✅That agenda included air pollution. ❌In the revised agenda circulated later, the issue has been removed. The omission comes as Delhi’s air quality has deteriorated sharply over the past few days. At a time when the situation demands greater urgency, the government has instead dropped the subject altogether. This is not an isolated lapse. ✅In 2020, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) began a review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, and a committee of experts, including from IIT Kanpur, was set up for the purpose. ❌According to a report published in October 2026, the CPCB’s reply to an RTI query shows that the revised technical report was submitted in December 2025 and is still under consideration by the relevant steering committee. ❌Six years on, the review remains incomplete. 🔔It is clear that air quality in Delhi and across the country, and the health of the people who breathe it, is not among the government’s priorities. ❓If a matter so central to public health in the national capital can be deferred indefinitely, it raises a serious question: how seriously will public health be treated anywhere else?