Muslims Voted Because BJP Supports Triple Talaq Abolition: Naidu 

Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu said that Muslims will get representations in the Uttar Pradesh government, although the BJP did not field any Muslim candidate in the Uttar Pradesh State Assembly elections.

Speaking to Hindustan Times, Naidu said:

Defending the absence of Muslim candidates in the election, he said:

He said that BJP emerged victorious in Deobandh, which is a Muslim-dominated area in Uttar Pradesh, due to the central government’s support for the abolition of triple talaq.