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The Rise and Demise of Indian Democracy: #WakeupIndia

India has become a nation where the mind of its denizens is in fear and the head is not held high. Sexual assaults, rape of minors, murders in the name of holy cows : is just the tip of the iceberg of oppression and tyranny against muslims under the present rule of BJP in the secular and democratic India. As if these heinous crimes were not enough to ignite communal tensions amongst Hindus and Muslims, the right wing RSS hindutva extremists had a Eureka moment when they eyed upon a lifeless potrait of Mohd. Ali Jinnah hanging in the Student Union building of Aligarh Muslim University-a national varsity which gave president and vice president to India in the past. One BJP MP's tweet (Who will teach AMU a lesson?) served as a propellant for RSS goons who barraged AMU campus protesting violently, demanding the removal of the potrait deemed as a threat to their nationalism and patriotism. The students sustained injuries from teargas and lathicharge by police as they tried to lodge com