Narendra Modi accused of stirring tensions as voting in India continues
by The Guardian
The Guardian— Opposition says prime minister targeting Muslim minority with ‘hate speech’ and violating election rulesIndia’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has been accused of hate speech during a campaign rally where he called Muslims “infiltrators” who had “many children” and claimed they would take people’s hard-earned money.The opposition accused Modi of “blatantly targeting” India’s 200 million Muslim minority with comments made while addressing voters at a speech in Rajasthan on Sunday. Continue...
CHCH—India's Narendra Modi accused of anti-Muslim hate speech. Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. India’s main opposition party is accusing prime minister Narendra Modi of using hate speech, after he called Muslims quote, “infiltrators.” It was some of his most incendiary rhetoric about the minority faith, and came days after the country began its weeks-long general election. The remarks at a campaign rally Sunday drew fierce criticism that Modi […]
The Guardian—With India’s election in full swing, Narendra Modi is getting desperate – and dangerous. The Indian PM may still be in a strong position; but incendiary, anti-Muslim rhetoric shows that all may not be going to planWhen Narendra Modi ran for prime minister for the first time in 2014, his overriding aim was to convince voters that he was a different man – no longer the chief minister of the western state of Gujarat, where, under his watch, more than 1,000 people were massacred in a communal pogrom in 2002. (A British government report found Modi “directly responsible” for not stopping...
Shafaqna English—Modi faces accusations of anti-Muslim hate speech amid India election. Shafaqna English- India’s main opposition party has accused Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of of spreading hatred against Muslims after controversial comments on Sunday wherein he equated the community to “infiltrators” and peddled anti-Muslim tropes in the middle of the country’s general elections. The Indian PM turned to old anti-Muslim