NEW DELHI – In India, the spike in attacks against Muslim minority underruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party has alarmed human rightsgroups.
A Voice of America blog has highlighted the growing fear and insecurityamong Muslims in India.
The blog says uptick in hate crimes has alarmed many human rights groups,which call for decisive government measures to protect the country’sminorities.
A research consultant with Human Rights Watch, Jayshree Bajoria, was quotedas saying that government has failed to prevent the growing mob attacks onreligious minorities, often carried out by groups claiming to support thegovernment.
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Citing analysts, the report charged BJP of encouraging this trend bypublicly supporting attackers against minorities.
