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September 11, 2013
India: Fancy dress politics at Modi's Rally in Jaipur - skull caps and burqas special
BJP asking Muslims to come dressed in skull caps and burqas
sources in the BJP revealed that the party had bought 5,000 skull caps and burqas each two days before the event to be distributed to Muslims attending the rally. [. . .]
"Hours before the event, free skull caps and burqas were distributed among Muslims. We were allowed to take them home too. Both my wife and I have got one each. We were provided free travel and food too by the district in-charge," said Shaukat Ali, who had come from Kota for the rally.