Muzzafarnagar riots could well be turning point for the race of 2014. The communal cleavage which has surfaced in the communal clashes doesn't augur well for Samajwadi Party. There is a seeming disenchantment of Muslims with SP. The old-guard act of Mulayam Singh and company seems to have lost its stage appeal.
Muslims groups of the region have come together to rally against the apparent criminal somnolence of police and administration. Some say it was well-thought off. The way the whole episode was handled was a flashback to the omnious 80s when the state bled blood and the Provincial Armed Constabulary dipped its bayonet in the Muslim blood and psyche.
Today the social fabric of Western UP is torn and tattered. On the surface affulence reigns . From beaneath caste, class, and communal talons try to rip this apart. Earlier the conflict was between Jat and Jatavs. Jatavs mainly dealt with leather in its livelihood. Jats were led by Chaudhary Charan Singh and later now by his son Ajit Singh of Rashtariya Janata Dal.
SP and BSP carefully cultivated the Muslims. Muslims are a prosperous community here. They mainly deal with copperware. Their affluence and the political patronage they attract seems to have created jealously and insecurity amongst the Jats.
Thus there was a simmering caste, class and communal discord brewing. The flashpoint may have been whatever, but the tinderbox was ready to be ingnited.
One school of thought is that Mulayam had schemed it all. It allowed the social divides to simmer and then hiss. All this to rule Delhi. Well, in that sense it didn't surprise many when he called Congress to abdicate power.
Muslims groups of the region have come together to rally against the apparent criminal somnolence of police and administration. Some say it was well-thought off. The way the whole episode was handled was a flashback to the omnious 80s when the state bled blood and the Provincial Armed Constabulary dipped its bayonet in the Muslim blood and psyche.
Today the social fabric of Western UP is torn and tattered. On the surface affulence reigns . From beaneath caste, class, and communal talons try to rip this apart. Earlier the conflict was between Jat and Jatavs. Jatavs mainly dealt with leather in its livelihood. Jats were led by Chaudhary Charan Singh and later now by his son Ajit Singh of Rashtariya Janata Dal.
SP and BSP carefully cultivated the Muslims. Muslims are a prosperous community here. They mainly deal with copperware. Their affluence and the political patronage they attract seems to have created jealously and insecurity amongst the Jats.
One school of thought is that Mulayam had schemed it all. It allowed the social divides to simmer and then hiss. All this to rule Delhi. Well, in that sense it didn't surprise many when he called Congress to abdicate power.
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