^ a sizeable muslim population who is very unlikely to vote for him, who will likely vote Congress whatever he says. So why not rally the hindus behind him to get the hindus that vote for congress to get behind him
I am sure he knows that if no Muslim votes for him, he would need 100% Hindu votes to win. That is not possible given the various party/candidate/caste combination. It seems highly stupid to alienate Muslims voters.
The fact that two cases have been filed against him for distributing currency notes in the constituency also points towards the fact that its a political conspiracy to malign him.