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"The accused and the conspirators of the violence will be booked under the Gangster Act and their properties will be seized or demolished," said Additional director general (law and order) Prashant Kumar. | @AsadRizviJourno
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@AsadRizviJourno In the recently held UP elections, the 'bulldozer' was used by BJP leaders as a metaphor to demonstrate their willingness to act against what CM @myogiadityanath called 'encroachers' and 'gangsters'. | @TheOtherKaskar @OohiniMukhopad1 and @rkarnad

@AsadRizviJourno @myogiadityanath @TheOtherKaskar @OohiniMukhopad1 @rkarnad "Religion used to be felt in the heart, but now, in the new India, it must be worn on the head; or carried around, blared on huge music systems."

@AsadRizviJourno @myogiadityanath @TheOtherKaskar @OohiniMukhopad1 @rkarnad "In Madhya Pradesh's Khargone, after the communal riots, the houses and shops of those associated with the minority community were razed," says @khanumarfa.

@AsadRizviJourno @myogiadityanath @TheOtherKaskar @OohiniMukhopad1 @rkarnad @khanumarfa "Once you let the bulldozer do its work, you're going to destroy all the poor, and that's exactly what is happening. It is anti-poor, it is selective about the areas where they are targeting," says @cpimspeak leader Brinda Karat.

@AsadRizviJourno @myogiadityanath @TheOtherKaskar @OohiniMukhopad1 @rkarnad @khanumarfa @cpimspeak "Those leaders who used religion to rouse hatred and whom I hold responsible, should know that there are many in India who understand what they are doing," said Sadat Hasan Manto.