Published on : 16/04/2022 – 17:23
In India, violent acts and speeches against Muslims are on the increase. It is a new virus, that of hatred, denounced this Saturday April 16 the president of the Congress Party Sonia Gandhi in a tribune. She denounces the rise of violent acts and speeches against Muslims. This follows an alarm from Washington over attacks on minorities in India. The ruling BJP party denies the phenomenon.
With our correspondent in New Delhi, Como Bastin
The climate of oppression against Muslims in India is not new, but it has been further accentuated in recent months. A law banning the wearing of the veil has led to clashes between Hindu and Muslim students. Muslim vendors were violently driven away from the surroundings of Hindu temples.
Recent Hindu Ram Navami processions have been marked by provocations, deaths and the destruction of Muslim homes and businesses. All with the silence, even the participation of the BJP governments in power in several states.
In tribune published in The Indian Express, Sonia Gandhi stepped up. ” Whether it is clothing, food, faith, feasting or language, Indians are opposed to Indians and the forces of discord receive every encouragement “, judged the president of the Congress Party.
This Saturday, the general secretary of the BJP replied that it was the Congress party that preached hatred against Hindus. Earlier in the week, New Delhi snapped back at US Secretary of State Antony Blinken over concerns about human rights abuses in India. ” We too are concerned about the situation of Indians in the United States “said the Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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