Modi’s third time period sees alarming rise in crimes towards minorities: Report

Political hyperlinks and state complicity

Of the 345 hate speech incidents analysed, 178 have been traced to people affiliated with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP). The report additional claims that BJP-ruled states exhibited a better frequency of hate crime incidents, with Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra persistently that includes as essentially the most affected.

In a number of of those states, minorities have been focused throughout non secular festivals or within the aftermath of nationwide incidents. For instance, April 2025 noticed a spike in hate crimes following the Pahalgam terror assault, with Uttar Pradesh once more recording the best quantity.

Spiritual festivals as flashpoints

The report makes a major statement that Hindu festivals corresponding to Ram Navami, Holi, Navratri and Ganesh Chaturthi have more and more turn out to be events for focused communal violence. In keeping with APCR, these occasions are exploited by right-wing teams — usually with political and media backing — to mobilise towards minorities.

In Jodhpur, throughout Ram Navami, a procession featured a tableau depicting a chained Muslim man.

In Barmer and Telangana, locations of worship have been vandalised.

In Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, incidents of cow vigilantism, social boycott and bodily assault have been reported.

Electoral technique behind hate?

The timing of many of those incidents isn’t any coincidence, the report argues. Hate crimes and hate speeches reportedly escalated round elections — not solely on the nationwide and state degree but in addition throughout native polls. In states like Delhi, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand, knowledge pointed to coordinated campaigns designed to foster polarisation and consolidate Hindu nationalist help.