Two human rights groups have flagged the increasing insecurity of religious minorities in India.
The half-yearly report of Hindutva Watch, a US-based research project, “Anti-Muslim Hate Speech Events in India”, referred to “255 documented incidents of hate speech gatherings targeting Muslims in the first half of 2023…. Overwhelmingly, 205 (80 per cent) of these hate speech events occurred in BJP-ruled states and Union territories.”