Political decency is always expected, especially with matters pertaining to religion, race, community etc. More so from the ruling party in any country. However, all those boundaries were breached far beyond comprehension when the ruling BJP’s Gujarat unit released an extremely offensive caricature of bearded Muslim men being hung on ropes. The caricature was drawn in response to an Ahmedabad court’s conviction of 49 (Muslim) men in connection with serial bomb blasts that rocked Ahmedabad in 2008. Twenty-eight other accused persons were acquitted. While condemning terrorism is one thing, and must be done so rightly, putting up a caricature that...
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