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Re:Key Modi rival Rahul Gandhi among potential Indian target... by amartya916 on Monday July 19, 2021 @11:51AM (#27883972)
In case some of the community members are not fully aware of the background of the comment about mass murder: Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat when there were religious riots in 2002 [1]. Of course, him being a Hindu nationalist it's pretty obvious that many Muslims were persecuted/killed. Since then he's tried to clean his image internationally while systematically taking the world's largest democracy's democratic values to the brink. The Bush administration had denied him a diplomatic visa in 2005 [2] for his role in the riots. Finally, the UAPA [3] act that was referred to the parent post is a way to imprison activitsts/journalists/political opponents etc. A strategy long developed and honed by all sorts of autocrats.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Gujarat_riots

[2]: https://2001-2009.state.gov/p/sca/rls/rm/2005/43701.htm

[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlawful_Activities_(Preventio...

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Re:Key Modi rival Rahul Gandhi among potential Indian target... by fourier1234 on Monday July 19, 2021 @04:02PM (#27886710)
He's tried to clean his image internationally to some extent, but it's obvious in India -- and to anyone who looks into the "riots" -- that he was behind a lot of it. Committing genocide is a big reason for why he was supported and got elected.
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Re:Key Modi rival Rahul Gandhi among potential Indian target... by naruvimama on Monday July 19, 2021 @04:05PM (#27886728)
The US backed Pakistan while it carried out the genocide of between 2.4-3 million hindus in Bangladesh in 1971.

US administration's morality only exists to further it's political goals. Especially when it is not Europe.

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Re:Key Modi rival Rahul Gandhi among potential Indian target... by nisanth074 on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @03:51AM (#27891029)
@naruvimama And mass rape of women and girls in 1971 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_during_the_Bangladesh_Lib... and numerous ongoing Islamic atrocities / forced conversations across the country. All conveniently forgotten.

> The US backed Pakistan while it carried out the genocide of between 2.4-3 million hindus in Bangladesh in 1971.

The Western media only spews morality / secularism to portray themselves as morally superior (and especially when don't have anything to lose from their stance)

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