Zeba Warsi:
The state government did not respond to “News Hour”‘s requests for comment, but has previously said it is only acting against illegal immigrants.
But the Washington-based research group Center for the Study of Organized Hate has documented 32 instances of hate speech and eight calls for violence in Assam last year. Last month, the state went to polls and the campaign was also marked by dozens of hate speech events.
At his own election rallies, Modi invoked anti-Muslim rhetoric, referring to Bengali Muslims as infiltrators.