Beyond Iftaar Partisanship

In the recent state elections, the Congress not only lost its other old vote-blocs but also the Muslims. The edifice it had built with Muslim support, which had of late been crumbling with their shift to regional parties, eventually collapsed. But does that mean Muslim identity politics has crumbled too? For years, the Congress fostered Muslim identity politics, in alliance with orthodox and feudal elites of the community, to counterpoise it against Hindu hegemonic competition. It was through these elites that the party communicated with the Muslim masses. 

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