Rising Hindu Nationalism in India Tensions have risen in India since Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi came to power, with complaints about “growing intolerance” filtering through the media. A recent flashpoint: the arrest of a student on allegations of sedition, relating to meetings at Jawaharlal Nehru University about the 2013 execution of Afzal Gurul, a separatist from the India-controlled section of Kashmir. A former lecturer from Delhi University was also picked up on sedition charges related to a different event at the Press Club on India. These cases have roiled India, upsetting more moderate and left-wing Indians, and after the arrests, according to the Wall Street Journal, the government launched a campaign to promote patriotism: Prime Minister Modi has not himself spoken about the protests or the detentions. Modi has always had two sides: the reformer and the nationalist. We, along with many others, have hoped he would emphasize the former and not as the latter during his tenure. But the reality has been more mixed. Much of Modi’s economic reform agenda remains stalled, and his party’s nationalist urges—if not his own—have been let out of the cage. In a multiethnic country there will naturally be a desire on the part of the country’s leaders to find some unifying national identity. But the Hindu variety isn’t one that will work well for many Indians—particularly the 180 million Muslims. We hope tensions get under control before the situation gets too ugly. ISI SSG CIA RAW NDS KGB Mossad Research and Analysis Wing Indian RAW Narendara Modi Pakistan Army American Terrorists Taliban Pervaiz Musharaf India made Taliban Non Muslim Talibans America made Talibans Hindu Taliban America funded Talibans Indian Army Pakistan Nuclear Power TTP Terrorism in India Terrorist Narendara Modi Hindu Talibans ISIS Israeli Secret Intelligence Service IS Israeli Intelligence IS IS Islamic State is Israeli Secret Intelligence Service Israeli Taliban American Talibans Terrorist India Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Kashmir Khalistan Assam Nagalim Tripura
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