Modi-led Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has deleted a cartoon video posted on social media platform ‘X’ that was criticised for targeting minority Muslims during an ongoing elections. India’s election code bans campaigning based on “communal” incitement but the Hindu-nationalist BJP has frequently invoked the country’s main religious divide on the campaign trail. The video, posted by an official BJP account, featured caricatures of opposition politicians scheming to abolish special affirmative action programmes for marginalised Hindu groups and instead distribute them to Muslims. The election commission wrote to the platform’s Indian office on Tuesday saying the “objectionable” post violated Indian law. … Continue reading Modi’s party BJP deletes ‘X’ post accused of targeting Muslims