India

Three days before Gujarat goes to the polls to elect Lok Sabha members, Maktoob’s Muhammed Noufal PM and Sahid Faris talked to the voters of Ahmedabad. While some say they support Narendra Modi because he is the strongest man, others say they need a change in government so they can live a peaceful life.

Twenty-two years after the Muslim genocide in Gujarat, the Muslims of Gujarat still live in fear. The survivors of the Gujarat Muslim genocide told Maktoob that the BJP, which orchestrated the pogrom, neither wants their vote nor wants to see them, while the Congress understands that the Muslims have no other option. "We are voting for Congress out of necessity," say the survivors.

With the ethnic violence in Manipur completing a year, the Hyderabad Unau Tribal Forum (HUTF), organised a commemorative event in solidarity with the victims on Friday.

At least 575 Muslim fishermen in Gujarat’s Devbhoomi Dwarka district will not be able to vote as their names were deleted from the voter list following the demolition of ports in Gandhvi and Navadra villages of the district.