Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard says 'Hinduphobia in America is real,experienced it'

United States Representative from Hawaii, Tulsi Gabbard on March 5 took to her Twitter handle to talk about rising Hinduphobia in America. Gabbard shared a post of anor user named Sheenie Ambardar, who in her tweet h shared an alleged Hinduphobic encounter between an Indian-American and an Uber driver in United States. Tulsi while sharing post said that she herself h experienced Hinduphobia during her election campaigns for ongoing presidential race. 

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Tulsi, who is one of 3 candidates left in Democratic presidential nominee race, went on to target political leers and media in United States and accused m of not only tolerating Hinduphobia but furr fomenting it. While sharing post, Tulsi said that it was just one example of what Hindus face every day in United States. 

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post that Sheenie Ambardar h shared was from an unnamed Facebook user who h written about her 'traumatic experience' that she faced while travelling in an Uber taxi. According to post, anonymous girl was targeted for her religious and ethnic identity by an Uber driver who after confirming that she was an Indian Hindu started ranting about recent Delhi violence and how "Hindus are killing Muslims in India".

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Delhi violence

Violence in North East Delhi erupted on night of February 23 after local BJP leer Kapil Mishra allegedly threatened to clear out protest sites within three days if Delhi police failed to take any action. People were protesting against controversial Citizenship Amendment Act that was passed in Indian parliament on December 11. 

As per reports, pro-CAA group arrived at an anti-CAA protest site on morning of February 24 and refused to leave until demonstrators left area. Violent clashed broke out between groups and in several areas of North East Delhi. riots that lasted for three days killed at least 43 people and left 100 ors injured. 

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