{"id":79774,"date":"2024-05-08T20:44:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T20:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/modis-bjp-deletes-x-post-accused-of-targeting-muslims\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T20:44:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T20:44:33","slug":"modis-bjp-deletes-x-post-accused-of-targeting-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/modis-bjp-deletes-x-post-accused-of-targeting-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"Modi\u2019s BJP deletes X post accused of targeting Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s party on Wednesday deleted a cartoon video posted on social media platform X that was criticised<\/a> for targeting minority Muslims during an ongoing national election.<\/p>\n

India\u2019s election code bans campaigning based on \u201ccommunal\u201d incitement but the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has frequently invoked the country\u2019s main religious divide on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n

The video<\/a>, posted by an official BJP account, featured caricatures of opposition politicians scheming to abolish special affirmative action programmes for marginalised Hindu groups and instead distribute them to Muslims.<\/p>\n

The election commission wrote to the platform\u2019s Indian office on Tuesday saying the \u201cobjectionable\u201d post violated Indian law.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday the original post had disappeared from the platform, with a notice saying it had been deleted.<\/p>\n

A police complaint filed by the opposition Congress party accused the video of promoting \u201cenmity between different religions\u201d.<\/p>\n

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