“This, my friends, is the Jaziya that non-Muslims pay in "free" India, one governed by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Hajpayee.”

— Varsha Bhosle

Varsha Bhosle: The Jaziya that Hindus yet pay http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/aug/28varsha.htm. See also https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other//articleshow/16969076.cms and Bhosle's definition: 'Hajpayee = Atal Bihari Vajpayee, for forcing non-Muslims to subsidise the Hajj' https://www.rediff.com/news/2001/apr/19varsha.htm

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