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'''Anti-national''' is a [[pejorative]] label and political [[catchphrase]] that has been widely used during the [[premiership of Narendra Modi]], especially in media discourse.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Pal|first1=Joyojeet|last2=Sharma|first2=Ankur|date=1 January 2021|title=From 2016 to 2020, Growing Use of 'Anti-National' in Political Discourse on Indian Twitter|url=https://thewire.in/tech/twitter-india-anti-national-political-discourse|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-24|website=The Wire|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101143005/https://thewire.in/tech/twitter-india-anti-national-political-discourse |archive-date=1 January 2021 }}</ref> It is a connotation for [[anti-Indian sentiment]] in an [[Indian citizen]], suggesting anti-government or seditious behavior (however outside of the sedition law [[Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code]]). In November 2021, a parliamentary panel sought a definition for "anti-national" from the union [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bhardwaj|first=Deeksha|date=20 November 2021|title='Define anti-national attitude; bring laws to counter fake news': House panel|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/define-anti-national-attitude-bring-laws-to-counter-fake-news-house-panel-recommendations-for-media-101637428828179.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-24|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120173043/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/define-anti-national-attitude-bring-laws-to-counter-fake-news-house-panel-recommendations-for-media-101637428828179.html |archive-date=20 November 2021 }}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Godi media]]
* [[Tukde Tukde Gang]]
* [[List of anti-cultural, anti-national, and anti-ethnic terms]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==

; Books

* {{Cite book|last=Singh|first=R. S. N.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uIIZEAAAQBAJ|title=Know the Anti-Nationals|date=2021-02-04|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=978-81-7062-330-4|language=en|author-link=RSN Singh}}<nowiki></ref></nowiki>

; Articles

* {{Cite web|date=19 February 2021|title=The Updated List of India's 'Anti-Nationals' (According to the Modi Government)|url=https://thewire.in/rights/india-modi-anti-national-protest-arrest-sedition-authoritarianism|url-status=live|website=The Wire}}
* {{Cite web|last=Wu|first=Huizhong|date=20 March 2017|title='Anti-national': Is free speech being stifled at Indian universities?|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/20/asia/india-universities-nationalism-abvp/index.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-24|website=CNN}}
* {{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=Kalpana|date=7 January 2021|title=In India, to question is to be 'anti-national'|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/01/07/in-india-to-question-is-to-be-anti-national|url-status=live|website=Newslaundry}}
* {{Cite web|last=Dutta|first=Prabhash K.|date=4 March 2021|title=Anti-national or anti-government, what is sedition?|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/news-analysis/story/anti-national-or-anti-government-what-is-sedition-1775513-2021-03-04|url-status=live|website=India Today}}
* {{Cite web|last=Lal|first=Amrith|date=25 February 2016|title=Beyond the News: Are you anti-national? Some answers since Independence|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/beyond-the-news-are-you-anti-national-some-answers-since-independence/|url-status=live|website=The Indian Express}}
* {{Cite web|date=27 October 2021|title=Agra: Three J&K students held for 'anti-national' slogans after India-Pak match|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/three-j-k-students-held-for-anti-national-slogans-after-india-pak-match-101635358179039.html|url-status=live|website=Hindustan Times}}
* {{Cite news|last=Sampath|first=G.|date=2016-02-17|title=Who is an anti-national?|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/Who-is-an-anti-national/article14082785.ece|issn=0971-751X}}
* {{Cite web|last=Bikhchandani|first=Raghav|date=26 February 2021|title=The '(Anti) National Gallery of Modern Art', India's sedition legacy, & 'caged' social media|url=https://theprint.in/last-laughs/the-anti-national-gallery-of-modern-art-indias-sedition-legacy-caged-social-media/612476/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-24|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}
* {{Cite web|last=Mishra|first=Stuti|date=15 February 2021|title=India creates online snitching cell to report 'anti-national' activity|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/india-antinational-online-snitching-cell-b1800663.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-24|website=The Independent|language=en}}
* {{Cite web|last=Punwani|first=Jyoti|date=8 November 2021|title='There is no crime called being 'anti-national'|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/indira-jaising-there-is-no-crime-called-being-anti-national/20211102.htm|url-status=live|access-date=2021-11-24|website=Rediff|language=en}}
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