India is no longer a secular state. Persecution, harassment and marginalisation of religious minorities is the norm in today’s India, that is led by Prime minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government. The Modi government’s policy is to scapegoat religious minorities in order to divert the attention of the masses and mainstream media away from the burning issues including corruption, mounting poverty and unemployment levels. Muslims have been the persistent targets of the radical Hindu regime, and are still facing new forms of persecution. But, what is the ideological motivation behind…