Over 600 ‘communal incidents’ in UP since LS results, 60% near bypoll seats -Appu Esthose Suresh

Police records show provocation from all sides: aggressive BJP, desperate Samajwadi Party, shrinking BSP.

Moradabad (UP): A third of all "communal" incidents recorded by police in Uttar Pradesh in the 10 weeks following the Lok Sabha election results have occurred in – or on the fringes of – 12 assembly constituencies that are scheduled to go to polls over the next few months.

If a larger circle is imagined – covering broadly the region around these constituencies – this proportion rises to two-thirds, police records scrutinised by The Indian Express show.

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