Frontline magazine , 3rd October Issue on BJP rise ete. My views quoted here: The senior Congress leader and academic Om Prakash Mishra has pointed to several factors that will act as a deterrent to communal tensions escalating in the State. The Muslim population in West Bengal, which is much higher in percentage than in Uttar Pradesh, is, except in a few districts, evenly distributed all over the State. More importantly, the State has a long tradition of Hindus and Muslims living harmoniously in the rural regions, with little to tell them apart except for their names. Muslim representation in grass-roots-level politics is quite strong and is not restricted by religious factors—a Muslim panchayat leader will undoubtedly have many Hindu supporters. “It is this almost even distribution of religious groups with its own checks and balances that will prevent fundamentalist forces from causing tension, and ultimately, it is this that will be the undoing of the BJP,” Mishra told Frontline. Bfrontline.in/cover-story/divide-and-win/article6412685.ece
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