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State minister 'encouraged massacre of 2,500 Muslims' - Independent Online Edition > Asia

State minister 'encouraged massacre of 2,500 Muslims' - Independent Online Edition > Asia: "ndia's largest opposition party has dismissed claims that its government in the state of Gujarat encouraged the killing of nearly 2,500 Muslims in March 2002. The allegations against the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were made in secret video recordings by an investigative magazine which were also broadcast on local television. The BJP says the allegations are a conspiracy hatched by India's governing Congress party ahead of elections in Gujarat next month."


India is a so called democratic country. Muslims were victims of the whole system for so long along with others like untouchables. Democratic election used there to oppress minorities even though minorities reached the highest place in government. In India there is open fascism practiced without being accountable for it.

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