🧵Yesterday, Indian American politician Ro Khanna met a character by the name of Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, during his trip to India.

Who is Abhijit Iyer-Mitra? And why should you pay attention to his meeting with Congressman Ro Khanna? ⬇️ Abhijit is part of the far right wing eco-system in India. He is known to routinely dehumanize and invalidate Muslims. Need proof? Here is what he has to say about Ro Khanna's colleague, Rep. Ilhan Omar, when she chose to skip Modi's speech in Congress earlier this summer.

Tense scenes at Council Meeting in Edison, New Jersey, where some Hindu nationalists have come to defend the inclusion of the bulldozer at the India rally in the town last week. One resident blames the Council for giving the Indian Business Association (IBA) a permit for the rally. “I raised this with you last year.”

What you need to know about the people behind #KashmirFiles:

After the abrogation of Article 370, @vivekagnihotri went to the US in late 2019 to meet Kashmiri Pandits & Hindu nationalists to seek help in bankrolling a film on Kashmiri Pandits & support Modi’s project in Kashmir Vivek held meetings in N Jersey/NYC with reps of Indian government, BJP supporters, right wing actors like Anupam Kher. At one meeting, the Indian consul-general told Kashmiri Pandits to be patient & called for Israeli-like settlements in Kashmir

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