Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rajasthan chief minister, Vasundhara Raje Scindia, on Friday wasted no time in expressing their anguish for the victims of terror attack in Sweden.
In his inimitable style, Modi tweeted, “We condemn the attack in Stockholm. My thoughts are with the families of the deceased & prayers with those injured. India stands firmly with the people of Sweden in this hour of grief.”
We condemn the attack in Stockholm. My thoughts are with the families of the deceased & prayers with those injured. @SwedishPM
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 7, 2017
India stands firmly with the people of Sweden in this hour of grief. @SwedishPM
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 7, 2017
The Indian PM till now has not spoken a word or expressed grief over the death of his own countryman, who was brutally killed by his supporters in a state governed by his party, the BJP.
A 55-year-old dairy farmer, Pehlu Khan, was lynched in broad daylight to death by members of right-wing terrorists in Rajasthan’s Alwar district. It had taken widespread condemnation for the chief minister of Rajasthan to order action against the murderers.
But, Raje did not need any prompting or condemnation to take to Twitter to express her grief on the terror attack in Stockholm.
Like Modi, she too tweeted, “My heart goes out to victims of #Stockholm terror attack. We stand with the people of #Sweden in this difficult time. #UniteAgainstTerror
My heart goes out to victims of #Stockholm terror attack. We stand with the people of #Sweden in this difficult time. #UniteAgainstTerror
— Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) April 7, 2017
Many found the grief expressed by Modi and Raje ironic particularly in light of their silence on the death of an innocent Indian by terrorists, who professed and practiced the ideology of these two politicians’ party.
It’s clear that both Modi and Raje have once again made it abundantly clear that they couldn’t simply care much for the loss of a fellow countryman’s life. For the PM in particular, all he cares about is maintaining his statesman’s image abroad while giving tacit approval to routine acts of brutality against Muslims.
In September 2015, Modi had come under huge condemnation for not condemning the Dadri lynching of an innocent Muslim, a father of an Indian Air Force engineer.
Here are some Twitter reactions;
This guy is incredible. Ignore terror attacks at home. Rush to condemn the smallest terror attack abroad. Yay https://t.co/y6JTsdVnZq
— PKR | প্রশান্ত | پرشانتو (@prasanto) April 7, 2017
When will u condemn the attack on Pehlu khan who was attacked by gaurashaks in alwar ,rajasthan ?
— Unemployed Thanos Ji #RYP ? ⚡️ (@__MunnaJi) April 7, 2017
मोदी जी और बाकी सभी भाजपाइयों ने Government को Gauverment बना दिया है।
गौ-रक्षक का राग अलापना बंद करो।
पहलू खान की मौत पर शोक कब दिखाओगे? pic.twitter.com/wxuo8k59PW— Aishwary Verma (@AishwaryVerma9) April 7, 2017
https://twitter.com/MsSantoesha/status/850367367666335744
India me ek rajasthan naam ka ek state h.
Waha pe kiyeGau terrorist ke attack ko bhi condemne kr de sir?? @SwedishPM— Joshi JI (@JoshiJi_) April 7, 2017
Someone should prank him saying Alwar, Dadri is somewhere outside India. Solidarity will come within seconds@IndiaExplained @sanjayuvacha pic.twitter.com/u7uvn6AuKc
— Paresh (@hi_paresh) April 7, 2017
My heart goes out to victim of #Alwar mob attack.We stand with the people of #Rajasthan in this difficult time. #UniteAgainstCowVigilantism https://t.co/Nxoz4RUja8
— Priyanka Chaturvedi (@priyankac19) April 7, 2017
Alwar ke terrorist attck pe bol de kuch
— Rahul (@electric_rahul) April 7, 2017
My heart goes out to victims of #Alwar terror attack.v stand wd d people of #India in ds difficult time #UniteAgainstTerror@VasundharaBJP
— Joshi JI (@JoshiJi_) April 7, 2017
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