インドは暴徒の支配するところになるか

　インドでは、牛の生命を護ろう！なんて自警団が幅を利かすようになった。それもこれもBJPが政権をにぎってから。国際的な名声は微妙に落ち行く、それはModiの責任になろう―と。

　実際、こんなふうな私的に結成された「警察」があれこれやらかしたままにされるというのは、国家の治安上、宜しくない。

BBC Is India descending into mob rule? 26 June 2017　By Soutik Biswas

「On Thursday a 15-year-old Muslim boy, returning home from Eid shopping with his three brothers, was killed in a brutal assault by a mob of about 20 men on a train in the north Indian state of Haryana.

Police say that the reason for Junaid Khan's murder - in which his three siblings were also injured by the knife-wielding mob - was mainly because of a row over seat space on the train.

But a man arrested for being part of the mob said on TV that he was goaded into it by others because Muslims ate beef.」

「Vigilante cow protection groups, operating with impunity, have killed people for transporting cattle. Muslim men have been lynched by Hindu mobs, mostly in BJP-ruled states, for allegedly storing beef and, in one case, for helping an mixed-faith couple elope.」

「Many are wondering whether India is hurtling towards a "mobocracy" under Mr Modi's watch. They also question the prime minister's silence over the killings.」

「The chief minister of BJP-ruled Rajasthan, where 55-year-old dairy farmer Pehlu Khan was lynched in April, offered condolences over his "demise" without mentioning the fact that he had been murdered. A BJP lawmaker said he had "no regret" over the killing because Khan was a "cow-smuggler".」

　他方で、政府側としては、いやこれって、そりゃあヘイトクライムと云えばその通りだが、昔からあったものだよね？　なんで過大なほどに騒ぎ立てるのさ？という見解。
　…まあそれはそれでその通りかとも思われ、ヘイトクライム云々という最近の文脈は、都市部ではともかく、田舎ではあまり共有されてないかもしれない（微細な隠微な差別意識―だなんて批判は可能だが）。
　とはいえ、そこらのダーリットをなぶり殺しにするとか、ないほうがよい事態なのはうごかない。そんな自警団が常時展開ってのもうまくない（いやまあボコ・ハラム対策の自警団とかならともかく）。

　…マズイ方向性だと思いますけどね、自警団。