‘Unprovoked’: Partisan Views Flood Indian Social Media Amid Israel-Palestine War
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The account then shared a post addressing PM Modi, asking him to “declare (people) supporting #HamasTerrorists as an act of terrorism in India.” Demanding action against supporting them “online or offline,” the user said that the people should be booked under the National Security Act (NSA) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
Tajinder Bagga, national secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) youth wing, shared a post stating that those who stand with Palestine today will be the ones to stand with Pakistan tomorrow.
The BJP’s Tamil Nadu wing has politicised this conflict, calling the Congress party “weak-kneed” for not responding to the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai in the strong manner that Israel has.
Another popular account on X, with the username ‘erbmjha’ and screen name Bala, shared anti-Islam narratives.
Sharing a grid of photos showing Israeli citizens who were allegedly taken hostage by Hamas, Bala, whose account is followed by PM Modi, declared “Radical Islamists in India who sympathise with Palestinian terrorists are considered terrorists themselves.”