Tag: communal riots in MP 2020

By CSSS Team Constituting the Fact-finding Team In the month of December, we read in newspapers that there a were series of communal riots in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh. Some social scientists have pointed out that riots are more likely to occur nearer election times. The Shivraj Singh Chouhan led BJP Government had been installed about nine months ago on 23rd March 2020 after 22 Congress MLAs resigned from the Party reducing the then ruling Congress Party Government led by Kamal Nath to minority.  Elections to these 22 Assembly Constituencies were...