Hate speech in India targeting the country’s religious minorities saw a “staggering” surge in 2024, a US-based think tank has said.
The alarming rise was “deeply intertwined with the ideological ambitions of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the broader Hindu nationalist movement”, the India Hate Lab (IHL) said in a report on Monday.
India Hate Lab is part of the Washington-based Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH), a non-profit think tank.