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Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh is slated to hold civic body elections later this month. The timing of the repeated clashes in the district – in the weeks running up to the polls – has therefore raised eyebrows.
Though a former BSP stronghold, both the Assembly seats in Saharanpur were scooped up by the SP-Congress alliance in the recent state elections.
Watch The Quint’s Meghnad Bose and Rupinder Kaur discuss the politics behind the Saharanpur communal and caste unrest with veteran journalist Vivek Avasthi.
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