Across India, Bengali Muslims face discrimination. As elections approach in the southern state of Karnataka, they have become the target of politicians who say they are immigrants from Bangladesh who are taking jobs and resources. Many, however, are actually migrants from the Indian state of West Bengal. Raksha Kumar reports on how this plays out among the garbage sorters in the city of Bangalore.
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