By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: June 29, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e-XkdLqBQk *Note*: This interview is in English and the transcript is embedded in the transcript.
"In his first formal interview on the Indian election results and the third Modi government, Prof. Amartya Sen has said that the result is a rejection of the BJP’s Hindu Rashtra and then, pointedly and at some length, added that the Prime Minister must apologize to India’s Muslim citizens for calling them infiltrators. He said it was 'a terrible remark to make'. In a 27-minute interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, Prof. Sen, a Professor at Harvard University, a former Master of Trinity College, Cambridge and a Nobel Laureate, said of the Prime Minister: 'He can’t get away with insulting 200 million Muslims and, therefore, insulting us'. Prof. Sen said the Prime Minister’s comments about Muslims suggest 'the limitations of Modi’s mind'. He added there is 'something deeply worrying about his thinking of India'.
