A government minister has sparked controversy after expressing his regret that India did not sufficiently ethnically cleanse itself of Muslims during the countries’ creation in 1947. At a public event in his native Bihar state, Giriraj Singh, Minister of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, rallied his
Indian Minister: We Made a Mistake Not Committing Genocide Against Muslims
The comments came in response to nationwide resistance against the BJP government’s attempts to marginalize and criminalize the country’s largest religious minority.
By Alan Macleod
