Comunal Clashes

This weekend's communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar in Western Uttar Pradesh in which 26 people have died confirm what the union government has been bracing for - the near and present danger that political parties will try to polarise Hindu and Muslim voters in states like Bihar and Karnataka ahead of the national elections, due by May.

Fringe right wing group Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik was arrested in Karnataka on Saturday for inciting communal clashes in Mysore.

This weekend's communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar in Western Uttar Pradesh in which 26 people have died confirm what the union government has been bracing for - the near and present danger that political parties will try to polarise Hindu and Muslim voters in states like Bihar and Karnataka ahead of the national elections, due by May.

Fringe right wing group Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik was arrested in Karnataka on Saturday for inciting communal clashes in Mysore.