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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Saif Khalid

India election results: Did ‘secular’ parties let Muslims down, too?

A Muslim voter shows her index finger marked with an indelible ink after casting her vote in the sixth round of polling in India's national election in Prayagraj on May 25, 2024 [Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP Photo]

As Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi addressed journalists after election results demonstrated a dramatic setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he held up a pocket-sized version of India’s Constitution.

“It was a fight to save the constitution. I would like to thank everybody who has participated in this election. I am proud of the people who resisted the onslaught on this constitution,” Gandhi said on Tuesday evening.

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