Petrol bombs, paving stones flying in the air and violence, not to mention religion checks by rightwing Hindu mobs. Journalists face tough days in New Delhi
Even India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi had to admit that things had gotten out of hand. Modi explicitly asked demonstrators to restore calm in New Delhi, the nation’s capital in a tweet, saying: “I appeal to my sisters and brothers of Delhi to maintain peace and brotherhood at all times.”
Peace and harmony are central to our ethos. I appeal to my sisters and brothers of Delhi to maintain peace and brotherhood at all times. It is important that there is calm and normalcy is restored at the earliest.The Delhi High Court is hearing petitions about the violence, and earlier in the day it said it cannot let "another 1984" happen on its "watch". In 1984, more than 3,000 Sikhs were killed by right-wing Hindu mobs in anti-Sikh riots in the city.
The ongoing violence started on Monday, a day after a senior politician of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party , Kapil Mishra, issued a veiled threat to Indian Muslim protesters to wind up their months long demonstrations against the recently passed citizenship law that paves the way for Muslim exlusion. Mishra warned the police that if they did not break the protests within three days, "we will have to take to the streets".
The warning was largely seen as a dog whistle for right-wing Hindu nationalists, who eventually came out on the streets, attacking Muslim neighbourhoods, triggering the city wide clashes.
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