Analyst says polarization between Hindus, Muslims suits Modi’s party
Protesters burn a poster of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian national flag during a demonstration to mark Kashmir Solidarity Day, in Quetta on February 5, 2020.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party this week face their first electoral test since deadly anti-government protests erupted nearly two months ago, with the divisive turmoil likely to win them votes at polls in the capital.
Protest organizers have stepped up security as a result, and blame the BJP for inflaming the tension. The party denies doing so. “Rightly or wrongly, they are largely seen as Muslim protesters. There is a polarization between Hindus and Muslims that suits the BJP,” said Harsh Pant, a fellow at New Delhi-based think-tank the Observer Research Foundation.
In neighbourhood meetings, election rallies and road shows snaking through narrow streets, BJP workers and leaders have focused on the site, attempting to discredit the protesters and sometimes going as far as to accuse them of being aligned with Muslim-majority archrival Pakistan. Yogi Adityanath, a firebrand Hindu monk and BJP chief minister of India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, which flanks Delhi in the east, mentioned Pakistan eight times in 48 seconds in a speech in Delhi this week.
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