Indian author and activist, Arundhati Roy said that Muslims in India are being used as a political tool during the coronavirus crisis. In a video on DW media, she said 'the situation is approaching genocidal'.
She said that the Indian government is trying to instigate communal rifts as it is exploiting the coronavirus issue against the Muslim minority, and the crisis has exposed them as the India 'all of us knew'
The India of today is suffering from a crisis of hatred and hunger, she said, specially, against the Muslims.
Recalling the recent Delhi riots, Roy said that the coronavirus spread started from the protests against the anti-Muslim citizenship law.
She continued that under the guise of COVID-19, the Hindu nationalist government is arresting young students, fighting cases against lawyers, media personnel, activists and intellectuals.
Roy also said that the hatred and genocide like situation against the Muslims in India is similar to the Holocaust.
The report also said that the virus had only made it more obvious how the divide between two communities is detrimental to the country's stability and leads to the threaten the livelihoods of Muslims.
She said that the Indian government is trying to instigate communal rifts as it is exploiting the coronavirus issue against the Muslim minority, and the crisis has exposed them as the India 'all of us knew'
The India of today is suffering from a crisis of hatred and hunger, she said, specially, against the Muslims.
Recalling the recent Delhi riots, Roy said that the coronavirus spread started from the protests against the anti-Muslim citizenship law.
She continued that under the guise of COVID-19, the Hindu nationalist government is arresting young students, fighting cases against lawyers, media personnel, activists and intellectuals.
Roy also said that the hatred and genocide like situation against the Muslims in India is similar to the Holocaust.
According to an earlier Reuters report, the coronavirus pandemic has come as a new form of misery for the already-beleaguered Muslim community in India, who now have to face persecution in the name of quarantine and isolation.
The report also said that the virus had only made it more obvious how the divide between two communities is detrimental to the country's stability and leads to the threaten the livelihoods of Muslims.