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HARDtalk: Minister for Law and Justice in India - Ravi Shankar Prasad

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Ravi Shankar Prasad - Law and Justice Minister, India

18/07/2018 GMT

Minister for Law and Justice in India - Ravi Shankar Prasad

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Are communal divisions and sexual violence threatening India’s core values?

Are communal divisions and sexual violence threatening India’s core values? The ruling BJP party stands accused of exploiting those divisions to rally its Hindu nationalist base.

There are growing concerns that India, the world’s most populous democracy is in the grip of a divisive brand of populism. The ruling BJP Hindu nationalist  party has been accused by the country’s 180million plus Muslims of treating them as second class citizens. India may be one of the most dangerous countries in the world for women because of the high risk of sexual violence. Stephen Sackur speaks to India’s Law and Justice Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, who is at the centre of many of these storms. Is India facing its darkest hour since independence?

(Photo: Ravi Shankar Prasad, Law and Justice Minister for India)

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