Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi talks about how to break out of the vote-bank mould

Speaking at a session titled ‘Minority Matters: How to Break out of the Vote Bank Mould’ on Day 2 of India Today Conclave East 2022, Naqvi gave his perspective on pressing matters like the Nupur Sharma controversy, the Udaipur beheading and the case against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair.

The Union minister alleged that the Opposition has been trying to capitalise on these issues.

“The Opposition has gone from Modi-bashing to India-bashing,” he said, before referring to the hijab row in Karnataka. “It was a planned conspiracy. Pakistan, Al-Qaeda, Taliban waded in. I am disappointed that the top two leaders in the grand old party [Congress] supported it.”