"[T]he election of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been linked to incidents of violence against members of Dalit, Muslim, tribal and Christian communities. Reports document the use of inflammatory remarks by BJP leaders against minority groups, and the rise of vigilantism targeting Muslims and Dalits."
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E. Tendayi Achiume, "Contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance", OHCHR, 6 August 2018. Quoted in Christophe Jaffrelot, Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy, Princeton University Press, April 11, 2023, p. 452.
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