This country’s identity lies in its diversity, Muzaffarnagar 2013 violence was a blot, we need to guard against communal hatred: Yudhvir Singh, BKU

In this live interview with Teesta Setalvad, general secretary of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU), Yudhvir Singh, speaks on the decade during and after the brute 2013 Muzaffarnagar 2013 violence, as the specter of violence lingers over a region, once famed for its Jat Hindu-Jat-Muslim unity.

In early September 2013, the violence broke claiming a total of close to 65 lives leaving 9,000 internally displaced, 11 cases of sexual violence and widespread damage. The then government was the Samajwadi Party (SP). The build-up of hate speech and fall-out of deep communal polarization had its impact, near and far, on the outcome of the 2014 Lok Sabha Polls.

The entire conversation may be watch here.

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