The recent release of an animated video by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Assam official X handle, showing Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma firing a gun at characters identified as Muslims under the caption “No Mercy,” is not merely a political gaffe or a social media error but is a calculated manifestation of a “Hindu regime” that has moved beyond dog-whistle politics to the open celebration of violence.
“The union Home Minister has issued an order stating that all six stanzas of the national song ‘Vande Mataram’…shall be sung at all official functions and other occasions” (The Times of India, Feb 11, 2026).
The recent admission by Pakistan’s Defense Minister, Khawaja Asif, in the National Assembly on February 10, 2026—that the West has used Pakistan “worse than toilet paper” only to discard it...