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25-12-2021, 09:30 AM
24 Dec 2021 10:21PM
(Updated: 24 Dec 2021 10:21PM)
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A speaker at the gathering earlier this month told the crowd that people should not worry about going to jail for killing Muslims, according to a video verified as genuine by AFP.
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The meeting in the northern holy city of Haridwar was attended by at least one member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The party stands accused of - but denies - encouraging the persecution of Muslims and other minorities by hardline Hindu nationalists since coming to power in 2014.
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Another delegate, Prabodhanand Giri - the head of a fringe Hindu group who is often photographed with senior BJP members - called for a "cleansing" and for those present to be "ready to die or kill".
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A third speaker is heard to say that he wished he had killed Modi's predecessor, the main opposition Congress Party's Manmohan Singh, who was the first Sikh prime minister of India.
Another said he had asked hotels from his state not to allow Christmas celebrations. The statement was met with cheers from the audience.
The BJP denies accusations that its agenda is to turn officially secular and pluralistic India into a pure Hindu nation.
Many in the Muslim community say they have been increasingly subject to attacks and threats since Modi, a lifelong member of a hardline Hindu group, came to power.
Christians have also been subject to violence and harassment, with the BJP government in the southern state of Karnataka this week becoming the latest to introduce legislation outlawing "forceful" religious conversions.
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Michael Kugelman from the Wilson Center hit out at the Indian government over its silence.
"Not a peep, much less a condemnation, from the gov't. Sad truth is that this deafening silence isn't the least bit surprising," he tweeted on Thursday.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/ind...ms-2400531
(Updated: 24 Dec 2021 10:21PM)
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A speaker at the gathering earlier this month told the crowd that people should not worry about going to jail for killing Muslims, according to a video verified as genuine by AFP.
......
The meeting in the northern holy city of Haridwar was attended by at least one member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The party stands accused of - but denies - encouraging the persecution of Muslims and other minorities by hardline Hindu nationalists since coming to power in 2014.
......
Another delegate, Prabodhanand Giri - the head of a fringe Hindu group who is often photographed with senior BJP members - called for a "cleansing" and for those present to be "ready to die or kill".
......
A third speaker is heard to say that he wished he had killed Modi's predecessor, the main opposition Congress Party's Manmohan Singh, who was the first Sikh prime minister of India.
Another said he had asked hotels from his state not to allow Christmas celebrations. The statement was met with cheers from the audience.
The BJP denies accusations that its agenda is to turn officially secular and pluralistic India into a pure Hindu nation.
Many in the Muslim community say they have been increasingly subject to attacks and threats since Modi, a lifelong member of a hardline Hindu group, came to power.
Christians have also been subject to violence and harassment, with the BJP government in the southern state of Karnataka this week becoming the latest to introduce legislation outlawing "forceful" religious conversions.
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Michael Kugelman from the Wilson Center hit out at the Indian government over its silence.
"Not a peep, much less a condemnation, from the gov't. Sad truth is that this deafening silence isn't the least bit surprising," he tweeted on Thursday.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/ind...ms-2400531
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