Cut The Clutter: What the Owaisi phenomenon tells us about the Indian Muslim mind & future of ‘secular’ parties

Since Partition and Jinnah, India’s Muslims have refused to trust a Muslim as their leader. They have chosen instead the Congress and subsequently other ‘secular’ parties. But the rise of Muslim leaders like Asaduddin Owaisi and Badruddin Ajmal tells us that this is changing. In episode 616 of ThePrint’s Cut The Clutter, Shekhar Gupta analyses the shift in Muslim voters, the factors driving this change and why ‘secular’ parties have failed to retain their trust.