Indian voters deal setback to Hindu nationalism
Indian voters deal setback to Hindu nationalism
It appears to me that the Indian voters showed a great deal of political maturity by rejecting the ugly religious nationalism of the BJP, even after suffering repeated terrorist attacks by Islamists groups. Some of the things these Hindu extremists have done are downright spooky – “Although some Hindu right activists disavow these statements, the BJP- controlled government in the state of Gujarat has put favorable references to Hitler into school textbooks.â€