Conflict reflects long-term diplomatic concerns for Indian exporters.
New Delhi: A campaign to boycott Indian products in Islamic countries because of anti-Muslim comments made by leaders of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may have temporarily died down, but given the country’s continuing Hindu-Muslim tensions, the risk of future supply disruption remains, warn economists.
“Considering the political situation in India, there is a great possibility that another Islamophobic (comment) could come from the ruling party or its supporters, then once again there … could be a public backlash against Indian products,” Sushant Singh, a senior fellow at the Centre of Policy Research, in New Delhi, told Salaam Gateway.
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