From the Urdu Press: ‘CAA move disquieting…must be challenged legally’, ‘simultaneous polls lead to autocracy’
The Election Commission has sounded the bugle for the Lok Sabha polls, with the BJP riding high on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity, Hindutva and welfarism, and the Opposition hoping to put up a challenge with a struggling INDIA bloc. All these stories were recorded and analysed by Urdu dailies this week as they stepped up their coverage of the world’s largest electoral exercise. The dailies also focused on the disquiet among Muslims in the wake of the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, with a large section apprehensive it is the first step towards a National Register of Citizens (NRC).