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Of Uttar Pradesh

Following a landslide victory this month in elections in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous and important state, Modi shocked many of his countrymen by appointing Adityanath as chief minister. The decision makes Adityanath the leader of more than 200 million people — 38 million of them Muslims — and thus one of the most prominent and popular figures in the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which Modi led back to national power in 2014.

That his politics are extreme is hard to dispute. Although only 44, Adityanath has extensive experience stirring up a mob.Although only 44, Adityanath has extensive experience stirring up a mob. Like many politicians in Uttar Pradesh — one of India’s poorest states, and one with a dismal record for intermingling governance and crime — he has a hefty police record, with pending charges that include attempted murder and rioting. Yet it is his talent for fomenting tension between Hindus and Muslims — who make up about four-fifths and one-eighth of India’s population, respectively — that has caused the most alarm.

Clips of his incendiary speechmaking circulated widely in India following his appointment. In one, the diminutive monk whips up a crowd with fiery anti-Muslim rhetoric. “If they kill even one Hindu, we will kill—” he calls out, pausing. “100!” the throng eagerly responds. In another, members of a radical youth group he founded in his home city are seen calling, as Adityanath looks on, for Hindu men to rape the corpses of Muslim women.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/30...will-kill-100-india-muslims-nationalism-modi/

Nationalist leaders are used to dashing liberals’ hopes. In their early periods in power, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan, China’s Xi Jinping, and even Russia’s Vladimir Putin promised to strike a balance between populism and economic reform and even hinted at moving their countries in a more liberal direction. That didn’t last. And it looks like Narendra Modi is following the same regressive path, after the Indian prime minister appointed rabble-rousing Hindu monk Yogi Adityanath to one of the country’s biggest political jobs.

Based on the nut that he appointed, I'd have to agree with that.

 

[Dead Man]

In another, members of a radical youth group he founded in his home city are seen calling, as Adityanath looks on, for Hindu men to rape the corpses of Muslim women.

Just.... fuck. Not seeing how this guy is going to help anyone, not even Hindus in the long run.

 

[Piecake]

Just.... fuck. Not seeing how this guy is going to help anyone, not even Hindus in the long run.

Yep, he is just going to create more tension and more hatred and make it more difficult for everyone

 

[jon bones]

cool this is totally in line with Hindu beliefs

GG dick

 

[Woorloog]

The only reason for saying shit like that is that they want something to happen. One of those "want to watch the world burn" types, clearly.

Odd how nationalism always keeps producing people like that. Rationally, a nationalist would focus on improving his or her nation, not trying to take down others. But then i guess they are not really nationalist but power-trippers.

 

[NEO0MJ]

Not surprising. Based on what I hear on the radio it seems that a lot of religious extremists and nationalists are rising rapidly through the ranks.

 

[ebullientprism]

Yep. Shit has been swinging hard right here for a few years now.

Troubling times if you are a minority.

 

[Usobuko]

I remember this guy when Modi pick him recently.

The fact that he praise Trump after his appointment says it all.

You know what's hilarious? The white supremacist can't differentiate India ( Hindu ) or Muslims which is why there were a few incidents which they mistook Indians folks for Muslims and killed them.