Mobs of Hindu nationalists targeted protesters opposed to the Narendra Modi government's racist Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) on February 23.
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On a one-kilometre strip of road in Delhi鈥檚 Shaheen Bagh neighbourhood, hundreds of people, predominantly Muslim women are holding a dharna 鈥 a non-violent, sit-in protest against the Narendra Modi BJP government's fascist citizenship laws 鈥 which has inspired a new mass pro-democracy movement.
Students, mostly from leftist unions, at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi were brutally attacked on campus in an ambush led by a mob of right-wing thugs on January 5.
Speakers at a 100-strong solidarity rally in Brisbane on August 17 opposed the Indian government鈥檚 crackdown on Kashmir which began on August 5, including sending in the military and blocking all communications.
The Indian left is facing tough challenges following the reelection of Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.
Elections in India will take place from April 11 to May 23. 麻豆传媒 Weekly鈥檚 Susan Price spoke to Kavita Krishnan, a member of the politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (CPI-ML) about their campaign to challenge Narendra Modi鈥檚 far-right Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government.
Concerns over the seemingly unstoppable juggernaut of the Hindu nationalist BJP government continuing in power into the indefinite future were partially allayed by the December elections in Prime Minister Narendra Modi鈥檚 home state of Gujarat.聽
Modi was Gujarat鈥檚 longest ruling chief minister and used his 鈥淕ujarat model鈥 as the vehicle of his rise to power. This model was based on large-scale handouts of land, public assets and subsidies to corporate houses in return for media hype and enthusiastic endorsement by an increasingly shrill, intolerant and hectoring corporate media.
With the appointment of hardline Hindu monk Yogi Adityanath as chief minister of India鈥檚 most populous state, Uttar Pradesh (UP), the Indian Peoples鈥 Party (BJP) government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown what an extremist force can do when freed of the restraints of coalition partners or parliamentary numbers.
World renowned novelist and global justice activist Arundhati Roy is facing escalating threats of violence in India because of her support for justice in Kashmir 鈥 the disputed region partitioned between India and Pakistan and occupied by military forces in the area India controls.
Roy faced sedition charges for comments she made about Kashmir at a public meeting in October. The government has since indicated it would not pursue the charge.
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