Apoorvanand

Many are com­par­ing In­dia’s up­com­ing elec­tions to the rigged Olympics in the 2012 film Dic­ta­tor. They are not wrong.

The CAA’s main mes­sage is that Mus­lims do not be­long to In­dia in the same way that Hin­dus do. But it also goes fur­ther.

The tem­ple, built on the ru­ins of a de­mol­ished mosque, is the sym­bol of In­dia’s trans­for­ma­tion into a Hin­du na­tion.

It’s hap­pen­ing in schools and homes. And while Modi’s BJP might gain, gen­er­a­tions of In­dia’s Hin­dus will lose.

As­sam state’s leader has blamed Ben­gali-speak­ing Mus­lim veg­etable ven­dors for price spikes. It’s ab­surd but dan­ger­ous.

It’s the lat­est in­stance of how in an Is­lam­o­pho­bic In­dia, jus­tice and ac­count­abil­i­ty have them­selves been de­railed.

In the state that Modi is build­ing, no one – not even Hin­dus he claims to speak for – will have rights. Or a voice.

Modi turned the state elec­tion into a ref­er­en­dum on him­self. He lost. And south­ern In­dia is now free of the BJP.

PM’s par­ty is edit­ing text­books to por­tray fan­ta­sy of In­dia as Hin­du-only na­tion that has al­ways been lov­ing and just.

It has unit­ed In­dia’s op­po­si­tion for the first time since Modi came to pow­er. Gand­hi must now unite the na­tion.