India’s Election Commission today ordered social media platforms to remove a video post from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, Reuters reported on May 7.
Modi’s party has received complaints from the opposition that it is promoting enmity between economically weaker groups.
The expulsion order for voting violations came days after police registered a case against leaders of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including the president of its Karnataka unit.
In a video released last week during India’s protracted general election, opposition Congress leaders are accused of planning to provide social benefits to the Muslim minority at the expense of other disadvantaged Hindu and tribal caste groups. The video shows a caricature of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi laying a large egg with the word “Muslims” written on it and feeding “remedies” to the hatchling, who then pushes three other chicks, representing disadvantaged sections of the population. population, outside the nest.
Modi, seeking a third consecutive term, has accused Congress in recent speeches of distributing welfare benefits from Hindus to Muslims, whom he called “infiltrators”which “more children”.
Congress denies such campaign promises.
“Social media has been ordered to immediately remove this post.”says the letter from the electoral commission sent to the social network.
There was no comment from social media or the BJP.
Modi’s critics accuse him and his party of attacking Muslims to win elections. But Modi denies this and claims that his government does not discriminate and that he is not anti-community or anti-Islam.
About 80% of India’s 1.4 billion people are Hindu, but the country also has the world’s third-largest Muslim population, at about 200 million.
Congress said in its complaint that the post was aimed at “intimidating” members of the three weakest groups.
The BJP has made controversial comments, which experts say are an attempt to strengthen its electoral politics as the elections are seeing low voter turnout compared to previous years.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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