145;Vajpayee didn146;t demolish146;

As Vajpayee spoke amid cheers, the mood among the audience differed. While 28-year-old Mohammad Bilal from Rohini, who posed the question to the PM, was indifferent to the BJP as to other parties, others like Zahoor Ahmed gave full marks to the party.

Bilal, a building material supplier, told The Indian Express, 8216;8216;I am Mirasi Doom. There is no municipal commissioner, MLA or MP from my community. How can there be one? Why are we denied the same benefits as our Hindu counterparts?8217;8217; Asked if was a BJP supporter, Bilal replied in the negative. 8216;8216;I came here only to hear the PM speak.8217;8217; Of the BJP, he had this to say: 8216;8216;They are like the rest of the politicians, who say one thing and mean another8217;8217;.

Mohammad Haider, an unemployed youth from Buxar in Bihar, said, 8216;8216;I am a supporter of Lalmuni Choubey BJP member of dissolved Lok Sabha. He is helping me get a job with DDA after the death of my father.8217;8217;

Zahoor Ahmed, a farmer from Chamarwa village near Rampur, came 8216;8216;because our pradhanji told us to be here.8217;8217; Was he afraid of Hindu fundamentalists? 8216;8216;There are Hindus all around. How can we be afraid of them? Are Congressmen not Hindus too?8217;8217; But what8217;s there about the Congress? 8216;8216;Begum Sahiba Congress leader Noor Bano doesn8217;t meet anyone. We don8217;t want her to win. There are 14 busloads of Muslims from our area who have come here today.8217;8217;

Roshan Patel, a social worker from Varedia village of Bharuch in Gujarat, said, 8216;8216;I have faith in the BJP.8217;8217;

Sohaib, a textile worker from Surat, was concerned about the Gujarat riots, but said: 8216;8216;Whom do you trust? Politicans and parties blame each other. For anything bad, they say, the other did it8217;8217;.

Afaque Qureshi, a book-binder from Gwalior, when asked about Babri Masjid, replied: 8216;8216;Vajpayee did not demolish it. Did he?8217;8217;

Ashfaq Sheikh, owner of a provision store from Ahmedabad, said, 8216;8216;Congress only talks. Isne hamein sahlaya bhi aur maara bhi. The riots? Yes, they are scary, but haven8217;t they taken place under the Congress rule also?8217;8217;

Abdus Shahid, who hails from Dhubri in Assam, came in a batch of 15 people. 8216;8216;We are all part of the BJP minority cell,8217;8217; he said. Asked how they could be in a party committed to Hindutva, Shahid said, 8216;8216;Hindutva does not worry us8217;8217;.

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