Media creates a wedge between BJP and minorities: Amit Shah

Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah escaped the dart thrown at him in an interview when he was asked why the Bharatiya Janata Party has never fielded a Muslim candidate so far.
Speaking to the Indian Express , in an interview, Shah was asked about the party’s slogan Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikaas , and was questioned as to why the ruling BJP always fails to announce a Muslim candidate in all its elections.
The BJP leader replied that the slogan was not political but a policy of the government. “It fails if a Muslim family, which deserves to get free ration, does not get it; if it does not get a free gas connection, if it does not get a house under Awas Yojana despite being eligible for it. Or, when a Hindu residential locality gets electricity connection and the Muslim family does not get it. If this happens, the slogan becomes hollow,” he said.
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Reiterating to a question that representation in the legislator is significant too, Shah alleged that the media creates a wedge between the minorities and the party which must be reduced. “Our ticket distribution is on the basis of winnability. If the media creates a wedge between the minorities and BJP, and as it intensifies, there will not be any candidate who can win. We do hope that this gap ends,” said Shah.
When a question was raised over the BJP being unable to field a Muslim candidate, although being India’s largest party, he retorted back saying, ”You are wrong. We had won 325 seats (in UP, in 2017), still, we made a Muslim an MLC and made him a minister…That’s why I say that when media reduces the gap, it will end.”