--- title: "Is the Congress a Muslim Supporting Party?" description: "Is the Congress a Muslim Supporting Party?" author: "Shrikant Mishra" published: 2021-04-06 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93649/is-the-congress-a-muslim-supporting-party category: "history, politics & society" tags: ["elections and voting", "congress party", "bjp"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # Is the Congress a Muslim Supporting Party? Is the [Congress](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1298/the-us-will-release-chip-shortage-study-details-amid-funding-push) a Muslim Supporting [Party](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81494/when-power-will-come-back-in-congress-party)? ## Answers ### Answer by Shraishth Verma Yes, according to Rahul Gandhi. He said several times that Yes Congress is a Muslim Supporting Party. \ A few days before the Monsoon round of the Parliament is to commence on Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi has appeared under attack for the declaration he reportedly brought at a conference with Muslim intellectuals & activists on July 11, as the role of the Congress party’s outreach strategy before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. “**Yes, Of course, Congress is a Muslim party,**” Gandhi is alleged to have explained, as per the report in the Urdu newspaper Inquilab. ![Is the Congress a Muslim Supporting Party?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/878492f3-40e8-4676-984c-915bff2d8b73/images/000eb37a-1667-4447-b55f-a41c500c1d88.jpeg)\ As per the AltNews, this is what the newspaper reported Gandhi as having stated: “**If BJP affirms that Congress is a Muslim Party, it is okay with it. Congress is a party of Muslims because Muslims are vulnerable & weak and Congress permanently stands with the weak people.**” \ Numerous Bharatiya Janata Party political members, comprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi, utilized the Inquilab announcement to narrate their statement that Congress is an “**anti-Hindu**” group that intends to “**appease minorities**”. ![Is the Congress a Muslim Supporting Party?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/878492f3-40e8-4676-984c-915bff2d8b73/images/37a7fa1e-89e9-46b4-8a5f-6d2ac288cdc0.jpeg)\ Among the primary BJP administrators to remark about the apparent statements was party spokesman, Anil Balani. He tweeted an impression of the Inquilab summary with that remark that Rahul Gandhi, a “**janeu dhari**” or thread-wearing Brahmin, possessed to be alleged that the Congress is a party of Muslims. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93649/is-the-congress-a-muslim-supporting-party Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.