Thread by @vsirnate

The show is awful, no doubt! However, there is a political ecosystem that makes these moves possible. Youngbloods of the BJP have a choice. They can either be violent or create some sort of nuisance value for liberals. These are the only ways they think they will be noted and

https://twitter.com/oneillyatescbc/status/1331037734568386561

Ascend the party ladder. The goal is a nomination or ticket/ local notability, so the most effective way to be noticed is to combine democratic means with subversions of democracy. Violence is an option but it creates more issues for the party bosses, so it has to be specific.

Therefore, random FIRs talking about vague religious sentiments do the trick and don’t cost much.

So they pick a very visible high profile target and create an issue around that person or situation or thing. That’s how you get noticed, random narrative disruption!