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Most Indians see the 78-year-old Agnivesh as an elegant and soft-spoken seer in saffron robes, his head wrapped in a turban; yet on Tuesday afternoon, the Swami was kicked and punched by young men chanting “Jai shree Ram” (victory to Lord Ram) – his bare head on the ground, his turban flung at a distance as he pleaded with them to show mercy.
In an interview with a news agency, CP Singh, a minister from the same BJP-ruled state, justified the attack. “He talks against Hindus,” he said, “makes anti-national comments, supports Kashmiri separatists and Naxals.” Singh speaks the language of the mob, a mob that has been given the responsibility of creating a new order in India, where the minority – Muslims, Dalits and anybody who speaks on their behalf – are attacked with impunity.
In India, killing cows and the consumption of beef is banned in most states. Since Modi and his party assumed power in 2014, this beef ban has been used by Hindu nationalists to justify their attacks on innocent Muslims in public.
A report by the data-based news organisation India Spend found that “Muslims were the target of 51% of violence centred on bovine issues over nearly eight years (2010 to 2017) – and they comprised 84% of 25 Indians killed in 60 incidents. As many as 97% of these attacks were reported after Narendra Modi’s government came to power in May 2014.”
Rana Ayyub is an Indian journalist and writer. She is the author of Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up.
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