India witnessing the end of liberal democracy

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OPINION: India increasingly appears to be governed on the basis of exclusion, intolerance and the notion that some citizens are more equal than others, writes Shannon Ebrahim.

Bharatiya Janata Party leader and MP Subramanian Swamy encapsulated this reality when he said in a recent interview with US media outlet Vice: “We know where the Muslim population is large there is always trouble.” He went further: “If Muslims become more than 30%, that country is in danger.” Finally, he said, “Not all people are equal, Muslims are not in an equal category to non-Muslims.”

Other key figures have been as divisive and discriminatory towards the Muslim minority. Lav Agarwal, the Joint Secretary of the Health Ministry, who gives daily updates on Covid-19, has said Muslims are responsible for spreading the virus. Similarly, Amit Malviya, who is the BJP’s chief propagandist, has used social media to refer to Muslims as “virus villains”, and “human bombs”.

With such an avalanche of racist discrimination under way, it is hardly surprising that Rangoli Chandel, the sister of a popular Bollywood star and vocal defender of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration, called for the shooting of Muslims. Other than the OIC’s recent statement, individual governments have failed to condemn the rise of persecution against Indian Muslims, largely owing to their robust trade relationships with the Indian state.

Indian Hindus in the Gulf earn tax-free dollars and their hosts are unlikely to continue to tolerate the proliferation of hate. Right-wing Hindu nationalist TV channels have also spread the propaganda, further sowing divisions between Hindus and Muslims.

 

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Oh. Here I thought South Africa was unique. Apartheid is thriving here, worse than ever. Seems we have exported it through BRICS

So basically like South Africa

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