Thread by @FriedrichPieter

The #RSS also has a subsidiary for Muslims. How do I explain that contradiction — even though they are overtly anti-Muslim?

Discussing Muslim Rashtriya Manch in wide-ranging conversation w/@Cavach_EU_IN about India's fascist movement.

Full part 1 here:

"We're seeing this growing crackdown on democracy around the world under these right-wing regimes. One of the primary differences in India is that India's crackdown is led by this 95-year-old paramilitary. It's one of the largest, most overtly fascist organizations in the world."

"Under Modi's regime, which is essentially an #RSS regime, social justice is being jailed in India.... We see this growing, developing environment, under this RSS regime, where there's no room for freedom of expression, for dissent, for exercising basic democratic rights."

Question: "You have spoken about how #RSS operates as a state within a state, and that it is essentially a shadow government. So can you elaborate a little bit on this. What do you mean by it is a shadow government? Do you mean the fact that #BJP is power in India right now?"

On #Ayodhya:

"As they were mobilizing these mobs, one of the key people involved was actually #Modi himself, who was then a full-time worker in the #RSS.... Ultimately, the courts came out with this verdict that declared that the demolition of the mosque was a crime, but..."