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Most Indians were never secular. Before, they hadn’t got a voice or representation. BJP came into power by tapping into the latent sentiment in majority of Indi
by kalam_throw 3y ago
Most Indians were never secular. Before, they hadn’t got a voice or representation. BJP came into power by tapping into the latent sentiment in majority of Indians.
It's much like how Trump was elected.
If you think that majority of Indians were ever secular, I think that you never left the bubble of upper middle class, city based society.
Hindus are, generally much more advanced than Muslim in terms of education, finances, etc. and couldn’t be bothered to cause communal violence because they have much more to lose. And the ones that are left behind, didn't have a uniting force. BJP/RSS has accomplished that.
The people lynching Muslim for eating beef are very rural, very uneducated Hindus with much less to lose. And the rest of them openly support them.
I will say, 80-95% of Hindus were never ever secular. BJP is creating new zealots now, but they didn't need to do so to come to power.
- forgetfulness 3y agoBJP is also hard at work at creating a single, homogeneous Hindu and Indian identity, where something more of a cultural sphere existed, to create fanatics to their cause. They're re-engineering Indian society in a way that we've seen end up in tears for everyone in the past, in other places.
- Utkarsh_Mood 3y ago>BJP is also hard at work at creating a single, homogeneous Hindu and Indian identity can you give particular examples of actions or legislation you think they've taken that exemplifies this?
- throwaway384629 3y agoBJP brought the Citizenship Act and the National Register of Citizens to act against the minority. >> "Will remove every single infiltrator, except Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs: Amit Shah" [1] Archive.org snapshot of now deleted tweet from BJP official account [2] [1] https://indianexpress.com/elections/will-remove-every-single-infiltrator-except-buddhists-hindus-and-sikhs-amit-shah/ https://indianexpress.com/elections/will-remove-every-single... [2] https://web.archive.org/web/20190520193044/https://twitter.com/BJP4India/status/1116246724119371776 https://web.archive.org/web/20190520193044/https://twitter.c...
- codersfocus 3y agoI'm not Indian, but I heard that there is also a rift between south Indians (Tamil) and the northerners. Are Tamils Hindu as well? Where do they play into this?
- isanjay 3y agoTamil Nadu is also a majority Hindu state. Calling it rift is a bit of a stretch.