Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party has been asked to remove an election campaign video that depicted Muslims in discriminatory and stigmatizing rhetoric.
India’s ruling party has come under widespread criticism for promoting anti-Muslim sentiment over a video advertisement.
The video was released as part of an election campaign on Saturday in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. The video shows Muslims seizing a house in India for violating the committee’s code of conduct The island.
In addition, a woman is filmed gesturing as if the new arrivals bring a bad smell, while Muslim children dirty the furniture, and women completely covered in hijabs and niqabs appear to be taking over the house. The New Arab.
He considered that the video perpetuated bias against the Muslim minority, as the controversy stemmed from the advertisement’s depiction of Muslims entering the home of an opposition supporter.
It is important to note that “Islamophobia” has been a consistent theme in the BJP’s campaigns. Earlier, during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP’s
The Election Commission of India (ECI), in response to the controversy, ordered the video removed from the BJP’s social media platforms on Sunday.
Furthermore, it stated that the video appears to violate the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) applicable during elections. As a result, the BJP has since removed the ad from all online platforms.