Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling occasion and affiliated teams have been behind most hate speech occasions towards Muslims in the course of the first half of the 12 months, in response to a report launched on Monday.

Some 80% of the 255 documented incidents of “hate speech gatherings targeting Muslims” occurred in union territories and states run by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), according to a report from Hindutva Watch. The Washington-based research group tracks hate crimes and inflammatory speech against Muslims and other minorities in India.

Researchers wrote that India has seen an “escalating development” of anti-Muslim speech since Modi rose to energy in 2014. The report discovered that greater than half of the documented incidents this 12 months have been orchestrated by the ruling BJP and associates together with the Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Sakal Hindu Samaj. Those teams have ties to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological guardian of the BJP.