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EC issues show-cause notice to Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma for “communal” speech

The Election Commission has, in response to a complaint by Congress, issued a notice to the Assam CM for his comments against a Muslim minister during a speech in Chattisgarh. The CM, in his defence, has said that there was nothing inciteful in his comments.

Hindutva’s “rice-bag” controversy

Hindutva hardliners have been consistently urging over the years that Dalits who have converted to Christianity did so after being incentivised by monetary gains. Is this really the case?

Gujarat: Epicenter of targeted violence against minorities, says report that has compiled 55 attacks

Proudly acclaimed as the laboratory for the (theocratic) Hindu Rashtra, the western Indian state records high rates of crimes against minorities 

American Bar Association flags India’s contravention of FATF guidelines in targeting civil society and HRDs

The main victims of this have been non-profit organizations (NPOs) and advocates for human rights

BJP’s fascism is qualitatively different from Congress dictatorship

All social and political forces to ensure, in the upcoming state and next year’s general elections, all steps to prevent the BJP from coming to power and furthering the RSS agenda of transforming India into a theocratic state

Regimes of impunity

Twenty-five years later – No justice for the 1984 survivors

Tensions mar Durga Pujo celebrations, posters in Bengali torn down

Veer Lachit Sena came and destroyed posters in celebration of Durga Pujo in Upper Assam, where Bengali is a widely spoken language. However, while the incident seemingly laced with xenophobia mars the festivities, SabrangIndia also discovered an incident revealing communal harmony from another part of Assam.

Attempts to give communal turn to blasts in Kerala unsuccessful, 3 cases filed by Kerala Police, CM Vijayan urges restraint & unity

Even after Dominic Martin surrendered to Kerala Police taking responsibility for the blasts, political leaders from BJP backed by right wing trolls spread misinformation, target Kerala government for allowing pro-Palestine protests in the state

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Chhattisgarh: Hundred lawyers and legal professionals condemn ban on Moolvasi Bachao Manch, urge revocation

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