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UP polls: Understanding shifts in caste, religious identities -Bhanu Joshi and Neelanjan Sircar

-Hindustan Times

Hindu-Muslim polarisation is not as outwardly visible despite being an everyday reality. Many Jats, who once openly voted on the basis of a “Hindu identity”, are fighting the election side-by-side with Muslims due to the Samajwadi Party (SP)-Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) alliance

Pichli baar leher thi. Hum bhi leher mein doob gaye. (There was a wave last time. We also drowned in it.)

In September 2013, the Muzaffarnagar riots killed 60 people and displaced tens of thousands more — purportedly arising from a local conflict between Jats and Muslims. The resulting Hindu-Muslim polarisation transformed the politics of western Uttar Pradesh (UP) as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the region. But this time, western UP is not the same.

Hindu-Muslim polarisation is not as outwardly visible despite being an everyday reality. Many Jats, who once openly voted on the basis of a “Hindu identity”, are fighting the election side-by-side with Muslims due to the Samajwadi Party (SP)-Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) alliance. Some from the Jat community, like a young man from Muzaffarnagar assembly constituency (AC) whose quote starts this piece, even express regret for what happened.

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