Trailer of Hindu nationalism

"Mohsin Shaikh, a 24-year old from Solapur district, who worked as an IT manager with a private firm in Pune was beaten to death by a mob. Mohsin was returning home late on Monday with a friend, Riyaz, after performing namaz at a mosque in Hadapsar area on the outskirts of Pune. A violent mob attacked him with stones and hockey sticks around 9 pm. Riyaz alleged that Moshin was targeted because he was wearing a skull cap and had a beard. Mohsin sustained severe injuries to his head and died early on Tuesday. Two other boys of the same age, Izaz Yusuf Bagwan and Ameen Shaikh, are injured and battling for life...

Hate is a powerful weapon that results into precious votes. Muzaffarnagar and Assam happened on the eve of Lok Sabha elections. The BJP swept Lok Sabha polls in Assam by securing seven of the 14 seats in the state. In UP, out of 80 seats, the BJP bagged a massive 71 seats. Do you see a connection? The year before LS elections, 2013, saw communal rioting in the country jump by nearly 25 per cent, with Uttar Pradesh being the worst affected with 247 incidents compared to 118 in 2012. Data from the Union home ministry show that states such as UP, MP, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Bihar saw a steady rise in 2013...

Maharashtra is heading for assembly elections later this year. So such incidents of violence are not unexpected. Rewarding the riot accused is a symbolic gesture with dangerous ramifications. We have seen it in Muzaffarnagar. Tomorrow if the Hindu Rashtra Sena cadre are felicitated for “restoring the Maratha pride“, please don't be surprised. In 2007, Narendra Modi rewarded riot-accused Naroda MLA Maya Kodnani with a ministerial berth in Gujarat. This year he rewarded riotaccused Muzaffarnagar MP Sanjeev Baliyan with a ministerial berth at the Centre. Is this the Gujarat model people voted for?..." (Read full article.)