A campaign ad by prime minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist ruling party was taken down from social media after it was attacked for promoting anti-Muslim sentiment.
The ad was released on Saturday as part of the BJP’s campaign in the eastern state of Jharkhand, which voted in the second phase of the regional election today. It showed Muslims seemingly taking over a Hindu family home in an apparent reference to “infiltration” from Bangladesh, which has been mentioned by the prime minister and his home minister Amit Shah.
