Pasmanda Muslims

Explained: Who are the Pasmanda Muslims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants the BJP to woo?

Pasmanda, meaning ‘left behind” in Persian, is a term increasingly being used by Muslim associations in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and other parts of India, to describe themselves as historically and socially oppressed by caste

Nitish Kumar's Mahagathbandhan exit likely to alienate Pasmanda Muslims in Bihar

Ali Anwar’s revolt against Nitish Kumar’s recent somersault has raised fresh questions about the direction Pasmanda (backward) Muslim politics will take.

Uttar Pradesh polls: Parties dwell on complex caste math as voter loyalties remain fluid

The ruling Yadava-Muslim combination of SP is crumbling under the weight of its own contradictions.