After a polarizing campaign, a mismatch between word and action

It has been reported that a Muslim man was assaulted - the assailants confronted him for wearing a skullcap - and made to chant a slogan in Gurgaon on the very day Mr Modi made his appeal. Earlier, gau rakshaks struck in Madhya Pradesh, tying up three Muslims to a tree and beating them after accusing the victims of transporting beef. In Jharkhand, an old, controversial post on social media had been resurrected to arrest a tribal theatre activist.The prime minister's emphasis on hope and accommodation is, evidently, being ignored by some segments of his supporters. This anomaly can be explained by the fact that the social fabric in India remains fragmented. One explanation for the growing chasm is the divisive political rhetoric that several members of the Bharatiya Janata Party - Mr Modi was not an exception - employed in the course of a polarizing electoral campaign. There is another reason for the resurgence of such violence - the perpetrators' belief in their impunity from the law. Mr Modi's assurance would remain ineffective unless the administration cracks down against this kind of organized barbarism. Punishing the offenders would honour the law of the land and reinforce faith in the prime minister's image as a just leader. 1691265 1691320 DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Telegraphhttps://able2know.org/account/profile/

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