'Intolerant India': controversy over 'The Economist' claiming that Modi is dividing the country.

New delhi date. January 24, 2020, Friday

Controversy has begun on the new cover page of Britain's world-renowned economic magazine The Economist. The magazine has attacked the Modi government over protests in India over the Citizenship Improvement Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

The magazine claims that Modi is dividing the country in the name of religion and more than 200 million Muslims in India are scared. He even claimed that the country had become 'intolerant India' under BJP rule.

The BJP's election mark is seen amidst the barbed wire on the magazine's cover page. It reads, "I intolerant India: how Modi is endangering the world's largest democracy."

The Economist tweeted this cover page on Thursday, writing about how the Prime Minister of India and his party are endangering the world's largest democracy. The article states that 20 million Muslims in India are scared as the Prime Minister is working to build a Hindu nation.

The article discussing the BJP's launch with the agitation for the Ram temple in the '80s has argued that Narendra Modi and the BJP are likely benefiting from the status quo on the basis of religion and national identity. The article on the NRC states that the process of preparing a register for real Indians identifying illegal refugees will affect 130 crore Indians. It will last for many years.

Once the list is ready, there will be a tradition of challenging it and then doing it right. The magazine writes that the public is being misled on other issues such as the economy by advancing such an issue. BJP has been facing the challenges of India's economy since Vijay.

As soon as the magazine's cover was announced, it went viral on Twitter across the country. Several BJP leaders have criticized the magazine's cover for the tweet. BJP leader Vijay Chauthiwala has described the magazine as arrogant and imperialistic.