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There are a few omissions here. > Hindu nationals This might be the only case over a decade of Modi's term where the entire Indian political class is united.
by screye 3y ago
There are a few omissions here.
> Hindu nationals
This might be the only case over a decade of Modi's term where the entire Indian political class is united. The Sikh insurgency happened during the term of a party that's famously minoritarian. Indira Gandhi's, she was half-Parsi, half atheist-hindu, her president was Sikh, her body guards (who assassinated her) were Sikh and many of her most trusted generals in her most important moment (1971 war) were Sikhs.
Could you give me examples of Hindus having a bone to pick with Sikhs ? Or is it just Indians in general disliking violent terrorists.
The Khalistan/Sikh insurgency was practiced by a minority of Sikhs, and imposed themselves on mostly peaceful Sikhs of Punjab. Hindus suffered in the insurgency, but peaceful Sikhs were the majority victims.
Remember, India has been very accommodating of opposing views. Dravidian nationalists have controlled Tamil Nadu for decades and communists have controlled Kerala since independence. They all fight fair elections and the national govt. (NDA or INC) integrates one of their splinter groups into its wider big tent. The same has been true of Sikh groups such as the Akali dal.
The idea of India being a hostile place for Sikhs is somewhere between laughable to outright propaganda.
> discriminating heavily against it's Sikh minority in Punjab.
Could you give me examples ?
Sikhs are strongly represented across the wealthy and polical class of India. They have the same rights and more, at least more than the resident Hindus. (Because of how the Indian constitution gives extra protection to minorities for how they run their religious institutions).
Their state has been run by a Sikh for decades now. They were the biggest beneficiries of the 1960s green revolution by the federal govt, propelling them to the richest medium sized state in India.
Punjab has continued to unilaterally derail all agricultural reform in India, wile seeing their own Sikh leaders commandeer 30 years of economic underperformance as they refuse to move past ancient practices in agriculture. They were able to non-democratically storm arm the govt into revoking a bill with massive public and democratic support. They raided the red fort (closest thing to white house lawn) and replaced the Indian flag with a flag of Khalistan, without facing any repurcussions.
The idea that what's honestly an priviledged population is discriminated against in the country is ridiculous.