Indian Politics and Internal News

[Dalit]

This is what happens when people talk broad generalities and vaguely wave their hands about in the air.

Modi has given dozens of election speeches where he has demonised the Muslims. Let us not do the ingenue bit and claim that he has not done so. Besides him, Yogi Adityanath has not been behindhand; three prominent leaders, including a current member of the ministry poured out hatred in earlier years, leading to riots in Delhi; every senior leader of the BJP has participated in this demonising.

People like @Dalit are nuisances; they blare out their hatred without being able to give a single example of the hate speech that they so knowledgeably talk about. That, however, is his style; to make sweeping assertions in the confidence that nobody bothers to fact-check him. Just because @Dalit acts like he does is not sufficient to cover the infamous record of hate speech in India rising to a crescendo.

Modi has done far more than just hand out hate speeches. This so-called leader was directly involved in antagonising and the butchering of thousands of Indian Muslims.

 

[Musings]

Modi has built a career around minority and Muslim persecution. Everyone remembers the Gujrat massacred.

You mention Modi jee and something happens in the mindset. They feel you have attacked their souls. Incredible

 

[Thinking]

I concur. Modi is bad and so is Hindutva India. People expect India to not be like its neighbor. We have failed miserably.

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

New DelhiCNN —
India’s religious minorities have faced a “staggering” rise in hate speech over the past year, including from top leaders of the ruling Hindu nationalist party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to a report released Monday.

The number of hate speech incidents targeting Muslim and Christian minorities rose to 1,165 in 2024 from 668 the year prior, a 74% increase, according to a report from the Washington-based research group, India Hate Lab. The majority of these, around 98%, targeted Muslims, either explicitly or alongside Christians.

“Hate speech in India in 2024 followed an alarming trajectory, deeply intertwined with the ideological ambitions of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the broader Hindu nationalist movement,” the report said.

Modi, who won a third term in last year’s elections, has long been accused by critics of fueling religious tensions and inciting violence against Muslims and other minorities since assuming power more than a decade ago.

His Hindu nationalist party has sought to turn India – a nation constitutionally bound to secularism – into a Hindu rashtra, or homeland for the Hindu majority, critics say, at the expense of the millions who profess minority faiths.

Modi and his BJP have repeatedly said they do not discriminate against minority groups.

The BJP’s national spokesperson, Jaiveer Shergill, condemned the report on Monday, saying it was published to malign India’s image.

“India as a nation has a very strong legal system which is structured to maintain peace, order and ensure non-violence at any cost,” Shergill told CNN. “Today’s India does not need any certification from any ‘anti-India reports industry’ which is run by vested interests to prejudice and dent India’s image.”

According to the report, hate speech last year reinforced “longstanding Hindu nationalist tropes” such as the portrayal of Muslims and Christians as “outsiders,” “foreigners” and “invaders” who lack a legitimate claim to belonging in India, the report said.

It found that the BJP organized around 30% of last year’s hate speech events, a nearly six-fold increase from the year prior, with its party leaders delivering 452 hate speeches, a 350% rise from the previous year. The majority were recorded during the general election campaign.

Modi has in the past been accused of making Islamophobic remarks in speeches on the campaign trail.

“These high-profile hate speeches (by Modi and powerful regional leaders) were further amplified and reinforced by an arsenal of local BJP leaders, Hindu far-right organizations, and religious figures, who spread similar rhetoric at community and grassroots levels,” the report found.

Muslims make up roughly 200 million of India’s 1.4 billion population, with the population of Christians at roughly 27 million.

Under Modi’s leadership, Hindu nationalists have been appointed to top positions in key government institutions, giving them the power to make sweeping changes to legislation that rights groups say unfairly target Muslims. Textbooks have been rewritten to downplay the history of India’s former Islamic rulers, cities and streets with Mughal-era names renamed and Muslim properties have been demolished by authorities for illegal encroachment on government land and as punishment for alleged rioting.

In 2019, Modi removed the special autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir – India’s only Muslim-majority state – bringing it under the direct control of New Delhi. That same year, his administration passed a controversial citizenship law that excluded Muslim migrants, sparking deadly riots.

India prohibits hate speech under several sections of its penal code, including a section that criminalizes “deliberate and malicious acts” intended to insult religious beliefs.

However, some experts say hate speech has proliferated in India as a result of the judiciary’s reluctance to recognize hate speech offenses.

Anas Tanwir, a lawyer and founder of the Indian Civil Liberties Union, said the judiciary has failed to take concrete action against hate speech “despite clear prohibitions under various laws in India.”

The India Hate Lab, a project under the Washington, DC-based think tank Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH), releases annual data on hate speech in the world’s largest democracy. They define hate speech by the United Nations framework which looks at any kind of communication in speech, writing or behavior that attacks or uses pejorative or discriminatory language based on a person’s religion.

The usual BS. india is the best country on the planet and the usual Islamaphobia. Nothing more. These guys have to be abusive and nasty with words as they can't do it with their fists against non-indians.

 

[Musings]

The usual BS. india is the best country on the planet and the usual Islamaphobia. Nothing more. These guys have to be abusive and nasty with words as they can't do it with their fists against non-indians.

Silence is deafening

 

[OakTree23]

Modi is the embodiment of hate. This is why people like yourself vote for this monster.

You’re talking to a Hindu extremist. Look at the dudes username and profile photo. They fashion themselves as the White “Infidel” morons we had in the U.S. in the 2010s

 

[lightoftruth]

Hate speech happens where their is minority !

India is uniquely placed where minorities have same if not more rights than majority , their is no ban on them being the prime minister etc

Besides India has minorities like Jain, Buddhist Parsis , sikhs , Bahai etc none of them cry, it’s only the abrahamic faiths who run evangelical activities thus end up facing the music.

 

[Dalit]

You’re talking to a Hindu extremist. Look at the dudes username and profile photo. They fashion themselves as the White “Infidel” morons we had in the U.S. in the 2010s

Why we allow such Hindutvatis on PDF is beyond me.

 

[Dalit]

You mention Modi jee and something happens in the mindset. They feel you have attacked their souls. Incredible

The typical Hindutva supporter defends Modi's anti-Muslim policies. Unfortunately, the majority of Indian members on PDF are indeed Hindutva supporters with a handful of exceptions.

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

Macron ignores modi:

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[Musings]

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Wow. That looks clearly deliberate

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

Wow. That looks clearly deliberate

It is deliberate as he doesn't not even acknowledge modi. Acts as if modi doesn't exist.

 

[Vikramaditya1]

Macron ignores modi:

Wow. That looks clearly deliberate

Reminds me of the old PDF during SCO summit.
Putin looking left, Imran Khan looking right, Modi all jealous waaa!!! That was a major diplomatic coup by yours truly.

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[Joe Shearer]

Modi has done far more than just hand out hate speeches. This so-called leader was directly involved in antagonising and the butchering of thousands of Indian Muslims.

That is difficult to prove. Not strange; those who came forward with evidence are now serving life sentences in jail on concocted charges. Nobody wants to be another Sanjiv Bhatt.

Ex-Gujarat Top Cop Sanjiv Bhatt Sentenced To Life In Custodial Death Case

Sacked Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Gujarat riots, was sentenced to life imprisonment today in a 30-year-old case of custodial death.

www.ndtv.com

 

[nahtanbob]

India has seen a worrying surge in hate speech and hate crimes, almost all of which are attributable to Hindutva gangs and their political allies in the BJP and other political parties. Reports suggest a major driver of the rise in hate speech has been elections at federal and state levels - mapping shows that spikes in hateful rhetoric were reported in every region where elections were about to take place in a few days or weeks. Unfortunately, fiery rhetoric when all of India's ethno-religious minorities are already sitting on a powder keg is a guaranteed recipe for disaster.

And the hate starts from the top. Instead of trying to appear statesmanly, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi fired one of the biggest shots of the year by referring g to over 175 million of his countrymen - Indians Muslims - as 'invaders' during an election rally, and repeating variations of that accusation at later rallies. Other incidents of hateful and extremist language have also been tied to physical violence and riots, as Hindutva extremists keep spreading their religious and ethnic hatred, while also attacking people for not being 'supportive enough', all with the impunity that comes with their powerful political backing. The consequences of this hateful rhetoric are stark. Mob violence, lynchings and communal riots have tragically become common occurrences. Innocent lives are lost, and entire communities live under the shadow of fear and insecurity.

Unfortunately, the hate formula continues to prove successful, as it brought the BJP to power in Delhi after over a decade of Aam Aadmi Party rule. The BJP's success at turning xenophobia and bigotry into a winning formula is also generating interest in other far-right groups around the world, as European and African strongmen apply similar strategies to inspire their bases, leading to the gains at the ballot box for people with some emotionally impossible ideas at the cost of everything that makes democracy great.