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[–] [email protected] 117 points 8 months ago (3 children)

The bus driver killed himself after losing his job, I think the headline missed the lead of the story.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Jeez and not by a small margin.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Looks like they didn't consider it worth mentioning 😕

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

that's tbh a private issue

someone's suicide shouldn't be political

[–] [email protected] 75 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It reflects the inevitable result of Modi's extremism. He has been prime minister for too long.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Modi has become a scumbag of epic proportions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Always has been. Look up the 2002 Gujarat pogrom.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

well, yeah, dude has basically no challenge to his position

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

but he's going to win the next election anyway

[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago

It reflects the religious screaming about "religious freedom" only to the secular while not allowing even a thought about it when it comes to any other religion.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

India came so close, but it's clear they're moving backwards.

Oh well.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago

This isn't a democracy issue; it's a cultural one.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is a fairly stupid headline. There are laws which require Muslims to prove their heritage and that they are legally residents, and no one else. There's police brutality against Muslims and their homes are destroyed. High ranking leaders talk about how Muslims are like rats and roaches spreading disease and requiring extermination. These leaders are part of Modi's Hindu nationalist party.

The incident in this article doesn't reflect an "increasingly polarized India", it presents an extremely polarized India. Fascists are using the government to spread nationalism and religious zealotry, and persecute Muslims.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

article brings attention to the rising anti-Muslim sentiment encouraged by Modi's government

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's behind a pay wall. What happened?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

https://www.outlookindia.com/national/up-bus-conductor-sacked-for-letting-muslim-passengers-dies-by-suicide-news-314484

Mohit, who was a conductor in UP Roadways was suspended earlier this year, for allegedly halting a Delhi-bound bus for two passengers to offer Namaz. The UPSRTC staff and his co-driver, a contractual staff, were suspended on June 5 for halting ‘Janrath’, an air-conditioned bus headed to Kaushambi from Bareilly.  

do read - https://monyet.cc/comment/4068760

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Thanks.

Also, oof. That's sad.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago