RLD chief Ajit Singh's allegation that in the Muzaffarnagar district riots, and resulting communal violence took more than 47 loss of lives and over 40,000 people displaced,had proved that the SP chief was playing communal politics in the state, similarly alleged in Gujarat riots 2002. UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav visited riot-hit Muzaffarnagar, but got hostile reception of black flags and slogan shouting by angry villagers .
Akhilesh visited Kawal village,the starting point where three people were killed on August 27 over an eve-teasing incident, sparking off tension in the district. The villagers waved black flags, shouted slogans accusing the state government of not taking effective steps to stop the communal flare-up. The villagers also alleged that the chief minister did not accept the memorandum from villagers and only met "outsiders".
The chief minister also visited riot-hit Malikpura and Kandhla villages, and accused opposition parties of vitiating the atmosphere. "It is an unfortunate incident ... some political parties are responsible for the flare-up".
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav had long back rejected Union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh's criticism of his government's handling of communal violence in the state and assured riot victims will get justice. "Riot victims didn't get justice in Gujarat but they will in Uttar Pradesh,". The SP boss shown confidence that his party will win maximum number of seats in the upcoming elections.
The blame game, with Samajwadi party on one side and the opposition on the other side has some linking truth story, : that almost all the riots happening in India, are only the stag managed ones to gain polarisation of voters, by someone or other.
Muzaffarnagar violence that was allowed intentionally to flare up in the first stage to polarise the minority votes, became uncontrollable at later stage and thus misfired against the ruling party, as evident and confirmed by the hostile greetings of the villagers and the statement of Muslim high up Deoband, blaming the UP govt for the riots.
It was a sheer bad game, the local SP party leaders failed for the reasons : their biased wrong dealings in the flare up and here they lost the trust of the minorities, as irritated their own senior leader Azam Khan demonstrated.
The whole flare of the minor incident to big riot, rotates around the following points : a) delay in anticipation and judgement, b) delay in action, c) biased protection to the original crime doer by the local police, and d) permission allowed for sectional meetings and panchayats.
Akhilesh's statement that, "SP always tried to demolish communal forces and fought against them. I am in touch with local administration since the incident broke out and am doing everything to control the situation," was factually wrong as the delayed action of ten days, only made the situation bad and unmanageable.
The action of suspending SSP Dubey till further enquiry, as stated by CM Akilesh that "A departmental enquiry has been ordered against Dubey besides suspending him due to his failure in timely controlling communal incidents in Muzaffarnagar" , is more of a eye wash and it has no relevance now a days, with the availability of communication instruments like mobile phones, net conferencing, Internet and news videos transmitting every news and information, minute by minute, 24 hours a day, thus it is a joke if you put the blame on an individual person and make him the scapegoat, when you, yourself is liable for the delay and negligence.
Akhilesh's blame to other political leaders and arrests of certain BJP legislators, whom he alleged that they made inflammatory speeches, is twist of facts when local villagers and media clearly charged the convenience of local SP leaders and many other sectorial leaders openly participated in the hate game and but these leaders are spared and left from the investigation.
Akilesh Government has constituted a one-member judicial commission to probe Muzaffarnagar violence, to submit its report in two to three months, is a clear waste of time and part of attention diversion ploy ,as it will be so late, people will forget and thus have no real solution except becoming a tool for the political blame game that had been used hundred times in past.