India, June 24 -- During the colonial period, political management was in the hands of Muslims. But, the situation gradually changed and they became politically marginalized. The situation became worse when not a single Muslim leader irrespective of different political affiliations managed to win in 2014. This time in 2019, only six Muslims leaders managed to win the Parliament election from Uttar Pradesh. How did they become irrelevant? Or was it a mere political game-plan or the story was written long year back?
There are three stages which made the Muslims marginalized and they became irrelevant in the politics of Uttar Pradesh. First, the trauma of post-Independence politics in the state. Second, the absence of Muslim leadership in the...