A Muslim boy and a Hindu girl who survived one of India’s worst-ever riots are voting for the first time. In this interview, they share their stories of how the shadow of the 2002 riots will influence their choices by RupamJn IndiaElections2019
AHMEDABAD, India - On the night of February 28, 2002, two toddlers living in adjacent alleys were dragged out of a slum district in Ahmedabad in Gujarat that had been set ablaze by a mob in one of India’s worst ever Hindu-Muslim riots.
“I have many Muslim female friends but I don’t talk to Muslim boys,” she said in the presence of her mother.Both are largely uneducated and work 10 hour-days in menial jobs to support their families, who fled with them from one-room homes on that fateful day. Both want to secure permanent employment but do not have the educational qualifications, and say they want to vote for a party that will resolve this problem.
The family lived in a relief camp and later moved into a house situated next to Ahmedabad’s biggest garbage collection site. Modi, the state’s chief minister at the time, has faced allegations of allowing, or even encouraging, the Hindu attacks on Muslims, but he has vehemently denied the charges and a court-appointed investigation panel found no evidence to prosecute him.
“We had a choice to go back and live in the house where my neighbours were killed or live near this garbage site. My father chose the garbage site,” said Rafiq.
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