Election campaign video shared by The official Instagram page of the Bharatiya Janata Party The exhortation to vote for Modi led to demonization of Muslims targeting the Congress manifesto. The anti-Islam video, which the user has now removed, sparked criticism from critics.
“If Congress comes to power, it will snatch all the wealth of non-Muslims,” the voiceover said in Hindi with English subtitles. The comical motion poster video urges Bharatiya residents to vote only for Modi.
In a sharp criticism, journalist and author Rana Ayyub said: “At no time since he became prime minister has Narendra Modi promised that his policies have changed since the anti-Muslim massacre in 2002. He is doing today what he did yesterday, and you wanted to move on, but he never did.” ».
On April 21 in Rajasthan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi He referred to Muslims as “infiltrators” and “those with more children.”
The video describes “Muslims” as Congress’ “preferred community” and parodies Modi’s misinformation in which former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said: “Muslims should have first right to resources.”
“Ancient India was truly beautiful. We were so rich and prosperous that every ordinary citizen had a lot of gold, a lot of wealth, a lot of riches. And it was precisely because of our prosperity that invaders, terrorists, thieves and thieves would come again and again. Used to plunder All our treasures, and they were redistributing the spoils among themselves, and above all, they were vandalizing our temple. The narrator mentioned that the Congress Party works to empower people who belong to the same community.
Despite multiple complaints against the anti-Muslim campaign launched by BJP leaders, the Election Commission of India has not taken any action against it.
The Election Commission said on April 23 that it was studying the complaint against the Prime Minister’s speech. But on the same day, UP CM Yogi Adityanath said at a rally in Amroha, “If you look at the Congress statement, they say they will implement personal laws, i.e. Sharia law.”
On April 26, the EC issued a notice to BJP president JP Nadda regarding Prime Minister Modi’s comments and gave the party until April 29 to respond.