Caldron Pool

The Albanese Government has made opposition to the so-called “far-right” and “ethno-nationalism” a defining feature of its domestic agenda, often presenting any such movements as a direct threat to modern Australia’s social cohesion, democracy, and multicultural identity. But if Labour genuinely regards ethno-nationalism as a danger to democracy and social cohesion, its enthusiastic embrace of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi raises obvious questions. Modi leads the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which subscribes to Hindutva—an ideology widely described by analysts, political scholars and human rights organisations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, as a “far-right” form of Hindu ethno-nationalism that marginalises religious minorities. Read more: https://www.caldronpool.com/p/far-right-ethno-nationalists-welcome/