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    9 months ago

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    New Delhi: Global commentators have taken note of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) poster of billionaire philanthropist, George Soros as a puppeteer, with purported strings controlling Congress leader and MP, Rahul Gandhi.

    She wrote in a post, “Modi’s BJP, the biggest political party in the world, using an image of Soros the puppeteer, a key viral far-right antisemitic meme.

    Netanyahu is also regarded as amongst Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s friends, with both leaders often making a point to display personal ties.

    In a sharp comment, Professor of International Relations in Brisbane’s Griffith Asia Institute and also Honorary Fellow, Australia India Institute, Dr. Ian Hall said on X, “This might play well in India (and perhaps also on this platform) but elsewhere this looks really ugly and straightforwardly antisemitic.” Gideon Rachman, author and chief foreign affairs commentator for London-based The Financial Times chimed in with Hall and said, it was “depressing how they adopt some of the ugliest and nastiest aspects of the West with such enthusiasm.” The response has been sharp and the BJP’s social media efforts have drawn attention to a well-known anti-Semitic symbol deployed to insult the Congress leader.

    ADL is a New York-based NGO that defines itself as one that works “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people, and secure justice and fair treatment to all”.

    The meme portrayed the 92-year-old Jewish financier, who is often the subject of far-right conspiracy theories, as pulling the strings of two donkeys representing the Democratic Party, efforts that were stoking lawlessness and chaos, according to the cartoon.


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