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.