a move that could further alienate many Muslims from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government ahead of national elections.

I don’t think they really needed any more reasons to dislike Modi lol

Is this a secularist thing or a “fuck you in particular we aren’t going to ban hindu schools” thing?

I can’t be the only person who when Uttar Pradesh is abbreviated always thinks of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Yes I know this is World News