Rajdeep Sardesai is at it again. This time, he has declared that “democracy in India is in danger because a Muslim cannot win from a Hindu-majority constituency.” But Rajdeep will never tell you the other side of the truth that a Hindu has no chance of winning from a Muslim-majority seat. Where are the Hindu MPs from Muslim-majority Kashmir? Why doesn’t Rajdeep dare to ask that question? Why does he cry only about Muslim representation while hiding the blatant one-sidedness? This is the double standard that exposes Rajdeep’s agenda.
Selective Outrage: Rajdeep’s One-Sided Argument
According to Rajdeep, Muslim candidates are excluded in Hindu-majority constituencies. But let’s check the facts. In Saharanpur, which has 57% Hindus, Imran Masood has won. In Hyderabad, where Hindus make up 65% of the population, Asaduddin Owaisi has been winning for decades. In Rampur, again with 65% Hindus, Mohibbullah Nadvi got elected. And in Dhubri, with 65% Hindus, Badruddin Ajmal won easily. So clearly, Muslims do win from Hindu-majority constituencies.
The reality is this: it is not impossible for Muslims to win in Hindu-majority areas, but it is impossible for Hindus to win in Muslim-majority areas. Rajdeep Sardesai conveniently ignores this fact. Show us one Hindu MP from Muslim-majority Kashmir. Show us one constituency with a Muslim-majority population that has sent a Hindu leader to Parliament unless it is a reserved seat like Nagina. The hypocrisy is crystal clear.
Twisting Democracy into Quotas
Rajdeep goes even further, suggesting that Muslims should be given Parliamentary seats in proportion to their population. Isn’t this exactly what the Muslim League demanded before Partition? Back then, they wanted separate electorates for Muslims, and that very demand created Pakistan. Today, Rajdeep Sardesai is echoing the same dangerous logic in the name of democracy.
India is a secular democracy where every citizen has one vote, equal value, and equal opportunity. To demand quotas in Parliament based on religion is not democracy, it is communal politics of the worst kind. India has had Muslim Presidents, Vice Presidents, Governors, Union Ministers, and Chief Justices. Even the Rashtrapati Bhavan has been home to Dr. Zakir Husain and Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. Yet Rajdeep shamelessly claims that Muslims are excluded from power.
Rajdeep’s Track Record: A Pattern of Bias
This is not the first time Rajdeep Sardesai has twisted facts to suit his agenda. Only a month ago, he tried to distort the legacy of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj while defending Mughal rulers. Angry over NCERT’s revised textbooks that highlight Mughal atrocities, Rajdeep argued that Shivaji was no different from the Mughals an absurd equivalence meant to blur the line between foreign invaders and native defenders of dharma.
And just weeks ago, when a horrific case of rape shook Jammu and Kashmir, Rajdeep deliberately avoided naming the accused Zubair Ahmed. Why? Because naming him would have broken his narrative. Instead of telling the truth, he chose silence to protect his agenda. This is Rajdeep’s journalism selective, biased, and driven by politics, not facts.
Poisoning Public Discourse
Rajdeep Sardesai likes to present himself as a torchbearer of democracy. But in reality, he spreads poison in public discourse. By claiming Muslims cannot win from Hindu-majority constituencies, he pushes the dangerous idea that India is no longer democratic. By demanding quotas, he plants the seed of communal division. By twisting history, he insults icons like Chhatrapati Shivaji. And by hiding names of criminals, he erodes trust in media.
This is not journalism. This is propaganda. And every time Rajdeep speaks, he weakens the faith of ordinary Indians in the neutrality of the media.
Hypocrisy Won’t Work
Rajdeep Sardesai’s hypocrisy stands exposed. He cries about Muslims not winning in Hindu-majority constituencies, but stays silent about Hindus being completely locked out of Muslim-majority seats. He calls India undemocratic, but ignores that Muslims have been Presidents, Vice Presidents, Governors, and Union Ministers in this very democracy. He tries to push quotas in Parliament, forgetting that such dangerous demands once broke India apart.
The truth is simple. India is a democracy where every vote counts equally. Hindus and Muslims both contest and both win when they connect with the people. But Rajdeep Sardesai wants to divide Indians along religious lines, because without division, his agenda collapses. Indians should reject this poisonous narrative. Our democracy is strong, our Constitution is strong, and our nation is stronger than the lies of so-called journalists like Rajdeep.