Most of the ruling BJP's political programmes aimed at consolidating power have been driven by anti-Muslim sentiments and rhetoric. And a deadly anti-Muslim pogrom is one of its ugly manifestations. Opinion | mirhilaal
The killing of Muslims and destruction of their properties in several localities of New Delhi by Hindu mobs over the past few days is a textbook case of what scholars have called the “production” of violence. In this manufactured violence, which no doubt acquires certain spontaneity while it is being unleashed, the perpetrators are generally insured against prosecution.
The people elected him the second time, this time with an even higher number of votes, in 2019. He inducted Pragya Thakur, accused of a 2008 bombing that killed nine people and injured 100 others, into his cabinet. She twice called Mahatma Gandhi’s killer Nathuram Godse a “patriot”. In 2017, Modi crowned Yogi Adityanath, a controversial monk who once called for “killing 100 Muslims for every Hindu killed”, as chief minister of India’s largest state Uttar Pradesh.
Brass argues that the “maintenance of communal tensions, accompanied from time to time by lethal rioting at specific sites, is essential for the maintenance of militant Hindu nationalism, but also has uses for other political parties, organisations, and even the state and central governments”. Another BJP leader, Kapil Mishra, tweeted on Sunday that police should clear the streets of the Muslim protesters within three days.
Many had warned of anti-Muslim violence, especially after the hate speeches and Mishra’s ultimatum. But the government of India, which is responsible for policing in New Delhi, did nothing to secure the lives of Muslims. The science of violence production, scholars say, involves preparation and rehearsal, which have been continuous processes in some states of India, especially where Hindu and Muslim populations live side by side.
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