Yogi Adityanath said that there has been no "danga" in UP since he took over.
Here is how @newslaundry used a nonsensical interpretation by a "fact checker" to say that Yogi is wrong and there were thousands of riots in UP.
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Here is how @newslaundry used a nonsensical interpretation by a "fact checker" to say that Yogi is wrong and there were thousands of riots in UP.
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Issue is what we mean by "riot"
Under IPC, any kind of violence in any andolan or morcha etc is called "rioting"
In fact, ~75% of all crimes against public order in India are classified as "rioting"
But common people understand "danga" to mean communal riots
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Under IPC, any kind of violence in any andolan or morcha etc is called "rioting"
In fact, ~75% of all crimes against public order in India are classified as "rioting"
But common people understand "danga" to mean communal riots
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Now see this screenshot from Newslaundry that shows 5714 "riots" in UP in 2017.
They say it comes from NCRB.
But that's the total number of cases of "rioting"
How many of these were communal/sectarian riots?
This is what common folks understand by "danga"
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They say it comes from NCRB.
But that's the total number of cases of "rioting"
How many of these were communal/sectarian riots?
This is what common folks understand by "danga"
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Now see the real NCRB table from 2019.
There are 5714 cases of "rioting" from UP, but you can clearly see that ZERO of these cases are communal/sectarian.
Yogi's claim is 100% correct in the sense most common people would understand it.
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There are 5714 cases of "rioting" from UP, but you can clearly see that ZERO of these cases are communal/sectarian.
Yogi's claim is 100% correct in the sense most common people would understand it.
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