Bihar Chief Minister 'Uproar': Just Another Day in Modi's India
Al Jazeera reports 'uproar' over Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pulling a Muslim woman’s hijab (Al Jazeera, 2025/12/18). This isn't some isolated incident; it's a visible symptom of India's escalating Islamophobia under the BJP. A 2020 Amnesty International report documented a 'marked increase' in discriminatory policies targeting Muslims, including the Citizenship Amendment Act. This 'uproar'
is the predictable byproduct of a ruling party, the BJP, whose ideology, Hindutva, actively promotes Hindu supremacy and marginalizes religious minorities. When the leader of a state allied with the ruling national party feels emboldened to publicly assault a woman's religious modesty, it's not a surprising gaffe; it's a casual flexing of power within a system designed to dehumanize and control
Muslims. How many such 'uproars' until we acknowledge the policy of everyday oppression?