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by Hasknewbie 2868 days ago
Interesting take, since the BJP comes from the RSS who modeled themselves after the Italian fascists, to enact anti-minorities views, which themselves come from the British: the empire relied on the good old "divide to rule" scheme to control India after they discovered Indians would rebel together, regardless of their religion. They then started to privilege minorities in order to stoke religious resentment and prevent an unified front. It took a Mahatma Gandhi to break that cycle (until he was himself killed. By a RSS activist).

The BJP is doing the bidding of a colonial master that is now long gone, using brown-shirt mentality. So who exactly is importing "blight from the West" here?