Pratap Bhanu Mehta in his opinion piece in the Indian Express writes about the 5 steps in which BJP is trying to consolidate the majoritarian sentiment. Below, I give powerful examples from Amit Malviya‘s twitter posts about how the strategy is so true and unfolded. Do note that there are many tweets from this account that follow the pattern below.
- Discriminate.
- Make sure there is no institutional redress.
- Use protest as further proof of the perfidy of minorities, intellectuals and other so-called anti-nationals.
- Call for violence to be unleashed.
- Blame them for violence.
Just follow a few outspoken BJP mouthpieces – Amit Malaviya is definitely one – on various social media to track how the narrative for a particular agenda is being driven. A few others are Tareq Fatah, David Frawley and of course Sambit Patra.
Teesta Setalvad tutoring Shaheen Bagh protestors on what questions to ask the interlocutors, appointed by the Supreme Court… See how organic and spontaneous this movement is? pic.twitter.com/gsZCBS5l0t
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) February 19, 2020
So, what do the ‘anti-CAA’ protests look like so far?
A cabal of radical fringe that is seeking political relevance… Weakening India is their agenda… Muslim women, students of minority institutes and those dominated by the Left and young kids their arsenal… Beware! pic.twitter.com/NQ8VSbhzLO
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) February 22, 2020
The actual tweet that has been has been hidden by Twitter stating it violates twitter rules. But Amit Malaviya retweeted another of Kapil Misra‘s tweets which is fairly discriminating.
Now at Muajpur in suport of CAA
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Anatomy of Delhi riots..
It started with supremacist Islamist, anti-India slogans in the garb of ‘protest against CAA’ and ended with consequences for innocent people.
It is nothing but a war on India’s sovereignty and an attempt to undermine democratic values.#DelhiRiotTruth pic.twitter.com/wqhdJKHyCd
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) February 28, 2020