UP2017: This mandate is as much a backlash against communal goondaism as it is for development

by rawemotions Sun Mar 12, 2017 6:37 pm

https://swarajyamag.com/politics/up2017-what-the-media-missed-was-there-for-all-to-see

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Political correctness in mainstream media wouldn't concede but the fact is that verdict in UP assembly elections is a resounding slap against communal goondaism. This goondaism hasn't manifested itself only in riots at regular intervals across the state but also in the day to day administrative functioning.

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Electrification and road laying was prioritised in Muslim and Yadav majority districts. So if there were developmental projects in Rampur, Azamgarh, Etawah and Mainpuri, the neighbouring districts were left high and dry. Even freebies such as laptop distribution among students were marred by partisanship.

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But the worst part was politicisation of Police and administration. It was next to impossible to lodge complaints against perpetrators of crime if they happened to be from the Muslim and Yadav communities

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Communal polarisation which some in the media are shuddering at- more so because it benefits BJP, is actually counter polarisation resulting from Muslim belligerence aided and abetted by appeasement politics which went to the extent of condoning violence and shamelessly shielding culprits if they happened to be Muslims. To illustrate the issue, in a typical case of administrative partisanship, just about a month back some Muslim youth attacked a group of devotees in a temple in Sultanpura locality of Agra. However the next day, the police arrested the victims instead of perpetrators.

One of the major reasons of the Muzaffarnagar riots was the sacking of District Magistrate Surendra Singh and Superintendent Of Police, Manzil Saini for daring to arrest killers of Gaurav and Sachin. From Muzaffarnagar and Shamli to Moradabad, Bareilly and Pratapgarh the pattern repeated itself in whole of UP and not just in case of riots but also skirmishes and petty crimes.

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For all the fretting and fuming in media over supposed polarisation, credit must be given to the patient UP electorate for avenging a deeply communal reign by the power of vote. BJP, on its part, must also realise that this mandate is first and foremost to check the menace of communal goondaism while delivering development alongside.