For anyone dumb enough to believe that Jean Drèze is some benevolent, poverty-alleviating, developmental economist - here's your daily reminder that he has always been a virulent Hinduphobe and Naxalite who was propped up as a member of the National Advisory Council by the UPA government In August 2018 he gave an interview to The Citizen where Drèze demonized nationalistic Hindus as an “oppressive minority”: "The growth of Hindutva, as I see it, is essentially a backlash of the upper castes against the egalitarian demands of democracy. Its main targets are not just Muslims but also Christians, Dalits, Adivasis, communists, secularists, rationalists, feminists, in short anyone who stands or might stand in the way of the restoration of the Brahminical social order that places upper-caste men at the top. Though it is often called a majoritarian movement, I think Hindutva is better described as a movement of the oppressive minority. It is restrained by the  Constitution, but that may not last much longer. Meanwhile, the hold of the RSS on the Modi government has emboldened this oppressive minority and its shock troops." In September 2021, Drèze contributed a paper to be read out at the toxic Hinduphobic “Dismantling Global Hindutva” conference (of Audrey Truschke fame), where he explicitly demonized Hindutva as “upper caste” conspiracy to restore “Brahminical social order”: “The surge of Hindu nationalism in India can be seen as a revolt of the upper castes against the egalitarian demands of democracy. The Hindutva project is a lifeboat for the upper castes insofar as it promises to restore the Brahminical social order.” In other words - Drèze is a malevolent old scumbag from the notorious anti-India Tukde Tukde gang, who has been parroting the same tired old "casteist" lies to spread hatred against Hindus for decades. References: thecitizen.in/index.php/en/N… theindiaforum.in/article/rev…