Asianet Suvarna News used the Pakistani flag to represent the Muslim population in India and the Indian flag to represent the Hindu population during a show that aired on May 9, in an episode titled ‘Hindu Population Has Decreased, Muslim Population Has Increased Enormously.’
The channel, which joined the anti-Muslim campaign started by Hindu nationalist social media users and BJP/RSS leaders abusing Muslims in India following the release of a report by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) that showed a slight dip in the Hindu population share in India between 1950 and 2015, while the Muslim population share increased, later apologized for the incident, claiming it was an “oversight.”
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