With Pasmanda Muslims forming 70-80% of the Muslims, the BJP furthering this trope becomes particularly dangerous. They are essentially insinuating then, that most Muslims today converted to Islam because of the discrimination they faced when they were Hindus and that they are still in bad economic and social conditions because of their identity when they were Hindus.
Speaking about the incident Anamika Jain said, “I am disappointed at having been deprived of the opportunity to perform in the land of Ramdhari Singh Dinkar.”
That the grown up men, who were also Congress leaders and supporters, were also going 'wow' at end of the demonstration by Rahul Gandhi like it was some phenomenal strategy he showed.
Congress' general secretary in-charge of communications Jairam Ramesh responded to the allegations put forth by Malviya and said that the video was doctored.