Har Ghar Tiranga: UP BJP to hoist tricolour in 5 lakh Muslim households, madrassas and dargahs
India Today
The UP BJP plans to hoist the tricolour at around 5 lakh Muslim households, madrassas and dargahs to bolster its 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign to mark the 75th year of Independence.
The Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Minority front will reach out to around five lakh Muslim families under the 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign from August 12.
"The party is planning to hoist the national flag in at least 5 lakh Muslim homes. We will also reach dargahs and madrasas during the campaign. The exercise is being planned as the dargah can spread the message widely. People, essentially Muslims, easily get attached to dargahs and madrasas,"state BJP Minority Morcha president Basit Ali said.
Party sources said the 'Pasmanda' (backward community among Muslims) will be given special focus during the campaign after PM Narendra Modi emphasised on expanding the party's reach among them.
The party cadre will hoist the flag at madrassas and dargahs and get photos clicked to be uploaded on social media platforms to give edge to the party's nationalist campaign among minorities. The move comes two months after the Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Board made singing the national anthem mandatory before the start of classes.
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Soon after coming to power in 2017, the BJP had made the recitation of the national anthem and flag hoisting on Independence Day mandatory in madrassas.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently asked the BJP workers to work for the uplift of the Pasmanda Muslims. PM Modi has urged the people to strengthen the Har Ghar Tiranga movement.
