Posted on 02/08/2022 9:49:23 AM PST by RandFan
A monk known for his incendiary anti-Muslim rhetoric leads the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party into elections in India's most populous state Thursday, where a strong win could put him in pole position to succeed Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Yogi Adityanath, 49, has stirred controversy since his surprise appointment in 2017 as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, a state in northern India home to over 200 million people -- more than the entire population of Brazil.
Office has done nothing to temper his views, and as he seeks a second term he is exhorting Hindu voters to back the BJP while riding roughshod over Muslims who make up one-fifth of the state's population.
A hardline protege of Modi, Adityanath has soared in popularity beyond Uttar Pradesh, thanks to his fiery speeches and projection as a tough, no-nonsense administrator.
"He is brazenly open about his Hindu politics and ideology... He has projected himself as a Hindu leader and that's what brings him crowds and votes," said journalist and political commentator Sunita Aron.
"When he does Muslim-bashing, he grabs eyeballs and audiences," she told AFP.
In the run-up to the bellwether polls this week, the saffron-clad monk did not mince his words, saying it would be a fight between "80 percent and 20 percent", referring to the state's demographic split on religion.
Crowds thronged one rally for a glimpse of the ascetic, despite coronavirus restrictions, cheering loudly each time he made a mocking reference to Muslim voters.
"They are worshippers of Jinnah," he tweeted last month, referring to Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of India's arch-rival neighbour Pakistan.
"Pakistan is dear to them, we sacrifice our life for Maa Bharati (Mother India)."
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I can relate, I’m anti muslim.
For context, the Religion of Pieces carries out a lot more attacks in India than they do in the U.S. It’s a lot easier to be “anti-Muslim” there.
“For context, the Religion of Pieces carries out a lot more attacks in India than they do in the U.S. It’s a lot easier to be “anti-Muslim” there.”
The NY skyline and 3000 dead Americans have made it pretty easy for me to be anti muslim. I have an Indian, (now American), coworker who is Hindu. Very nice, very reserved... does not like muslims at all.
So...Hindus cannot be anti-Muslim, but Muslims can be anti-everybody else? Correct?
Anyone who has studied Islam and its history would be anti-muslim.
He’s got more courage to recognize and speak out against evil than 99% of our politicians in America.
You can say that again.
In recent years, India has ranked in the top 10 countries where Christians suffer the most persecution, and much of it comes from militant Hindus.
1.39 billion of these people. And just about everyone of them wants to come here. And that’s just one country.
[ Anyone who has studied Islam and its history would be anti-muslim. ]
Sikhs were formed because of the mughul invasion as a “anti-muslim force”
Success in Populism lies in finding a minority to blame.
India cut off parts of itself to give to the Muslims Indians when England gave them their independence in 1947 in the belief that that sacrifice would spare them from future conflicts with the Muslims.
If they had known that that self-amputation wouldn’t get rid of all the Muslims, and that the Muslims who wouldn’t move would remains a pain in their bollocks three quarters of a century later, they would have gagged Gandhi and stuffed him into a closet until he rotted.
If anybody has a right to be anti-Muslim, I’d reckon it’s them.
He’s smarter than the average bear.
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