Appu Esthose Suresh / IE
Since January 2010, for the last three and a half years that the BJP and Janata Dal (United) were together in power, there were 226 “communal incidents” across Bihar — incidents where Hindus and Muslims, the two largest religious groups in the state, were pitted against each other. Each incident was recorded by the local police station and classified as “communal”.
But since June 2013, when the two parties split and up to just a month ago, in the run-up to the Assembly elections, that number has surged to 667. more
Since January 2010, for the last three and a half years that the BJP and Janata Dal (United) were together in power, there were 226 “communal incidents” across Bihar — incidents where Hindus and Muslims, the two largest religious groups in the state, were pitted against each other. Each incident was recorded by the local police station and classified as “communal”.
But since June 2013, when the two parties split and up to just a month ago, in the run-up to the Assembly elections, that number has surged to 667. more
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