Muzzafarnagar divide may help BJP in 2014

September 12, 2013 10:08

Sudha Pai reports the conscious political mobilisation has been responsible for communal divide in Muzzafarnagar.

The emergence of communal faultlines between the Jats and Muslims will affect the Congress-RLD alliance, which is dependent on the support of these communities. But it could help the BJP in western UP in the 2014 national elections.

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