Haryana's Muslim-dominated Nuh takes BJP's NRC push in its stride

Fear is palpable among Rohingyas but their concerns find little resonance with locals in Nuh

Half of Haryana’s 1.8 million Muslims call the district of Nuh — officially the most backward district in India — their home. Nuh, part of the wider Mewat region, a Muslim-dominated area, has never voted for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). But the party, despite its aggressive push for the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state and assertions of Rashtriya Swayasevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat that “not a single Hindu will have to leave India because of the NRC”, may emerge victorious in the three assembly constituencies of Nuh, where Muslims form 79 per cent of the