{"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":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s party on Wednesday deleted a cartoon video posted on social media platform X that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1831862\">criticised<\/a> for targeting minority Muslims during an ongoing national election.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>The <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/5Pillarsuk\/status\/1788211042624877008\">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<p>The election commission wrote to the platform\u2019s Indian office on Tuesday saying the \u201cobjectionable\u201d post violated Indian law.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday the original post had disappeared from the platform, with a notice saying it had been deleted.<\/p>\n<p>A police complaint filed by the opposition Congress party accused the video of promoting \u201cenmity between different religions\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1795007\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Modi, who is widely expected to win a third term in office when the six-week general election concludes next month, has made similar claims to the video in campaign appearances since last month.<\/p>\n<p>He has used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1829003\/modi-accused-of-targeting-muslims-in-election-speech\">public speeches<\/a> to refer to Muslims as \u201cinfiltrators\u201d and \u201cthose who have more children\u201d, prompting condemnation from opposition politicians, who have complained to election authorities.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday he again said that his political opponents would \u201csnatch\u201d affirmative action policies meant for disadvantaged Hindus and redirect them to Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>Modi remains widely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1828390\">popular<\/a> a decade after coming to power, in large part due to his government\u2019s positioning of the nation\u2019s majority faith at the centre of its politics, despite India\u2019s officially secular constitution.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1826472\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>That in turn has made India\u2019s 220-million-plus Muslim population increasingly anxious about their future in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The BJP last month published another contentious animated video on Instagram in which a voiceover warned that if the opposition came to power, \u201cit will snatch all the money and wealth from non-Muslims and distribute them among Muslims, their favourite community\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The video was removed after several users reported it for \u201chate speech\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s party on Wednesday deleted a cartoon video posted on social media platform X that was criticised for targeting minority Muslims during an ongoing national election. 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