This is what they say about us.

"The low-caste-dominated Bahujan Samaj Party and Samajwadi Party, which holds sway among the so-called "backward" castes and Muslims, have decided to contest elections vote-rich Uttar Pradesh state in a rainbow coalition headed by BSP President Mayawati," reported the Associated Press. "In Uttar Pradesh, lower-caste people are 22% of the population, "backward" people are 45%, and 19% are Muslims. The remaining 14% are upper caste." In 2017, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi won an overwhelming 312 seats, out of a total of 404, in assembly elections in UP in 2017. With upper castes comprising just 18-20%, the BJP must have attracted large numbers of voters from backward castes and dalits to relegate the SP to a distant second with 47 seats, while the dalit party BSP came third with just 19 seats. In the last parliamentary elections in 2014, the BJP won 71 seats out of 80 allocated to UP. No one knows how many seats BJP will get in states outside the Hindi belt in elections starting in 3 days, but astrologers, vital for any election in India, are already predicting a victory for Modi. "In his five years as prime minister, Modi has pushed to promote this secular nation of 1.3 billion people and nine major religions -- including about 170 million Muslims -- as a distinctly Hindu state," wrote Emily Schmall for the Miami Herald. Modi is standing from Varanasi where he has "commissioned a grand promenade connecting the sacred Ganges River with the centuries-old Vishwanath temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, the god of destruction". His economic record is not stellar, with "unemployment data that showed joblessness had reached its highest level in 45 years, demonetization was a failure and agriculture is suffering. But he has changed the narrative, as "Leaders of the opposition Congress Party, which has stood for secularism since before India's independence, are trying to prove their Hindu credibility." Western media were quick to cast doubt on the success of the Indian Air Force in bombing a Jaish e-Mohammed training camp at Balakot within Pakistan. Satellite images were used to show that all the bombs missed their target and destroyed some local trees. Pakistan is claiming that India is preparing another attack between April 16 and 20. Whether that is an excuse to carry out another terrorist attack on Indian soil in an attempt to influence the elections is something that only the Pakistanis know. From a low in 2013 terrorist attacks within India have been rising, shows a BBC chart. While toilets have been built and domestic gas connections have been provided to millions of poor Indians, rural debt is rising, conviction rates of rapists is still low and the manufacturing sector remains weak. Foreigners seem to know a lot about us. Does it mean India has become important?