This week, the Mumbai-based Center for Study of Society and Secularism reported an 84 percent increase in communal riots across India from 2023 to 2024. Last year, Washington, DC-based think tank India Hate Lab documented 668 hate speech events across India that targeted Muslims. Two-thirds of those incidents occurred in states where the BJP is in power.
As the UCC debate unfolds, a Hindu supremacy group called Hindu Rashtra Samvidhan Nirmal Samiti (HRSNS) is set to present a draft constitution for a “Unified Hindu Nation” on February 2.
At a recent religious celebration, Swami Anand Swaroop, a member of HRSNS, told reporters that his group sought to make India a Hindu nation by 2035. “Our Constitution is not against other religions but those who are found involved in anti-national activities will face harsher punishment than what is awarded to them currently,” he said.