Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh is slated to hold civic body elections later this month. The timing of the repeated clashes in the district – in the weeks running up to the polls – has therefore raised eyebrows.
Though a former BSP stronghold, both the Assembly seats in Saharanpur were scooped up by the SP-Congress alliance in the recent state elections.
Were the Saharanpur riots fuelled by political ambitions? Was the violence and the arson engineered for electoral gains?
Watch The Quint’s Meghnad Bose and Rupinder Kaur discuss the politics behind the Saharanpur communal and caste unrest with veteran journalist Vivek Avasthi.
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