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This is the last day of voting this Sunday, May 19 in India. Seventh and last phase of a very long election that lasted more than a month to renew the Lower House of Parliament. Two themes dominated the campaign: national security and the promotion of Hinduism, two subjects put forward by the Hindu nationalist party of the BJP seeking to win a second term. The Hindu nationalists are in fact given great favorites and this worries the Muslim minority.
From our correspondent in India , Sébastien Farcis
A small table, some tools and a parasol to protect it from a fierce sun. Saleem Udin owns a small key-making workshop in the market of Ghaziabad, a suburban New Delhi city and BJP stronghold . This 52-year-old Muslim witnessed his relations with Hindus deteriorating under this Hindu nationalist government: " Recently, a client asked me to come and work at home. But he demands that I first remove my Muslim cap, because his grandmother would be allergic to these caps. I tell him that it is impossible: today is the cap, tomorrow is the beard, after what? For 5 years, this kind of discrimination has increased significantly .
During the campaign, the BJP reiterated that Muslims should adopt Hindu values or move to Pakistan. Saleem Udin worries: " I was born and raised in India. I eat Indian, I get dressed with Indian cotton. I have nothing to do with Pakistan. Why do people talk like that and what will I do in Pakistan? "
The BJP could obtain a relative majority in Parliament and ally with regional parties. This could force him to mitigate his Hindu policy.