'Ideology of hate' consuming India, says Gandhi's great-grandsonIn this 2019 handout photo, then-Indian President Ram Nath Kovind speaks at Miriam College in Quezon City to unveil the first Mahatma Gandhi monument in the Philippines. MUMBAI, India — India's rising tide of Hindu nationalism is an affront to the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, his great-grandson says, ahead of the 75th anniversary of the revered independence hero's assassination. "That whole philosophy has now captured India and Indian hearts, the ideology of hate, the ideology of polarization, the ideology of divisions," he told AFP at his Mumbai home. Modi has regularly paid respect to Gandhi's legacy but has refrained from weighing in on the campaign to rehabilitate his killer. "The poison is so deep, and they're so successful, that I don't see my ideology triumphing over in India for a long time now," he says.

Source: Philippine Star January 29, 2023 11:16 UTC