PM Narendra Modi hails Jyotiba Phule, ‘Hindutva supporters’ troll him in X’s community notes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tribute to 19th century anti-caste social reformer and women’s rights pioneer Jyotiba Phule on Saturday on X drew some disparaging comments seemingly from Hindutva supporters under the social media platform’s community notes, a feature that the Indian government wants to put under a regulatory framework.

The notes on Modi’s tribute to Phule appear to be from the same group that forms the core support base of the prime minister’s party, the BJP. One user dismissed the PM’s tribute as an attempt to whitewash “a anti-Hindu to the core [sic].”