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National General Secretary of India's BJP, Ram Madhav

Coronavirus has hit India's poor migrant workers disproportionately hard. HARDtalk speaks to Ram Madhav, National General Secretary of the BJP.

In some countries the coronavirus pandemic appears to have enhanced national unity and solidarity, in others it’s exposed deep fault lines. In India the crisis has hit the poorest migrant workers disproportionately hard; it’s also deepened tensions between the Hindu majority and Muslim minority. Is that the fault of the Hindu nationalist BJP government? HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to the National General Secretary of the BJP Ram Madhav. Is Prime Minister Modi stoking communal tensions even in a national emergency?
Photo: BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav Credit: Getty Images

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