 Historians agree with the suspicions of her Household that the Munshi influenced the Queen 's opinions on Indian issues , biasing her against Hindus and favouring Muslims . But suspicions that he passed secrets to Rafiuddin Ahmed are discounted . Victoria asserted that " no political papers of any kind are ever in the Munshi 's hands , even in her presence . He only helps her to read words which she cannot read or merely ordinary submissions on warrants for signature . He does not read English fluently enough to be able to read anything of importance . " Consequently , it is thought unlikely that he could have influenced the government 's Indian policy or provided useful information to Muslim activists . 
