![Manish Swarup M. Abdul Salam, the only Muslim candidate from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, campaigns in Malappuram, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, on April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d387f07298524ca99a4eac123499424c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
M. Abdul Salam, the only Muslim candidate from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, campaigns in Malappuram, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, on April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
![Manish Swarup Supporters of M. Abdul Salam, the only Muslim candidate from India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, eat breakfast before resuming campaigning in Malappuram, in Indian southern state of Kerala, on April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/9dec5bed4ec044108d09ffb64d4af732/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Supporters of M. Abdul Salam, the only Muslim candidate from India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, eat breakfast before resuming campaigning in Malappuram, in Indian southern state of Kerala, on April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
![Manish Swarup A Muslim passerby stops to listen to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's only Muslim candidate during an election campaigns in Malappuram, in Indian southern state of Kerala, on April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/f8c454e8e37744a2a7957f1fba8fd910/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A Muslim passerby stops to listen to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's only Muslim candidate during an election campaigns in Malappuram, in Indian southern state of Kerala, on April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
![Altaf Qadri Muslims check for their names in voters' list as they arrive to vote in Nahal village, Uttar Pradesh state, India, on April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b0bf0fdcfb2e4e948d062af61cc884ef/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Muslims check for their names in voters' list as they arrive to vote in Nahal village, Uttar Pradesh state, India, on April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
![Manish Swarup Muslims offer prayers at a mosque in New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 11, 2024. Some two hundred million Muslims make up the predominantly Hindu country's largest minority group. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/40c14acc12a94819925af75c795d2815/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Muslims offer prayers at a mosque in New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 11, 2024. Some two hundred million Muslims make up the predominantly Hindu country's largest minority group. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
![Manish Swarup M. Abdul Salam, the only Muslim candidate from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, campaigns in Malappuram, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, on April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/aecb4b39c0da4642a051ead92a93c5aa/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
M. Abdul Salam, the only Muslim candidate from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, campaigns in Malappuram, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, on April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
![Manish Swarup A Muslim woman displays the indelible ink mark on her index finger after casting her vote on the outskirts of Samastipur, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, Monday, May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e6e3d3fe7a6f4d49968a111420a5e261/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A Muslim woman displays the indelible ink mark on her index finger after casting her vote on the outskirts of Samastipur, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, Monday, May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
![Aijaz Rahi FILE- Muslim students leave Mahatma Gandhi Memorial college after they were denied entry into the campus for wearing the burqa in Udupi, Karnataka state, India, on Feb. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c30df8991c0b4ac0a58fffa46c241a9e/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE- Muslim students leave Mahatma Gandhi Memorial college after they were denied entry into the campus for wearing the burqa in Udupi, Karnataka state, India, on Feb. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)
![Manish Swarup M. Abdul Salam, second right, the only Muslim candidate from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party campaigns in Malappuram, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, on April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/430fd4697b3d45488c960fae4468f772/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
M. Abdul Salam, second right, the only Muslim candidate from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party campaigns in Malappuram, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, on April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
![Manish Swarup Muslims offer prayers at a mosque in New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 11, 2024. In the mid-1980s, Muslims accounted for 11% of India's population, and had 9% of seats in Parliament; today they are 14% of the population and control about 4.6% of Parliament. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/52cb0a4643464cd1bafb46f37ee42a32/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Muslims offer prayers at a mosque in New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 11, 2024. In the mid-1980s, Muslims accounted for 11% of India's population, and had 9% of seats in Parliament; today they are 14% of the population and control about 4.6% of Parliament. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
![Manish Swarup FILE- A Muslim rests in his house after breaking Ramadan fast in Ayodhya, India, on March 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8e49e26b0c684d7c87afc4ef4ac87157/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE- A Muslim rests in his house after breaking Ramadan fast in Ayodhya, India, on March 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)
![Rajesh Kumar Singh FILE - A group of Muslims huddle together in the back of a mini truck after violent clashes in the locality in New Delhi, India, on Feb. 26, 2020. Tensions between Hindus and Muslims in India are not new, but they have gotten worse under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5eeb980ab0a843959d2dde2b1d3db8ef/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
FILE - A group of Muslims huddle together in the back of a mini truck after violent clashes in the locality in New Delhi, India, on Feb. 26, 2020. Tensions between Hindus and Muslims in India are not new, but they have gotten worse under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)