“The VHP, Bajrang Dal and other Hindu nationalist organisations may have perceived the attacks on Durga puja mandals in Bangladesh as an opportunity to stigmatize Islam and the Muslim community in Tripura and turn Hindu feelings against the Muslim community with the objective to spread their political ideology of Hindutva. The BJP-led government, it appears, might have decided to allow the Hindu nationalist organisations to arouse communal passions and permitted them to take out rallies,” the report clearly states. The observers say the rallies were organised with a narrative of “save Hinduism” and a call was given to unite Hindus to stand by the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Tripura.The report shows how the events were a part of a larger conspiracy and how events played out in Udaipur in Gomti district just before the riots broke out in Tripura. In both the places, the police sided with the rioters instead of booking them, it contends.The report says that the state govt was complicit with the violence and failed to take pre-emptive measures. “The state was complicit with the violence initially, as they permitted rallies, which any reasonable person would know were intended to arouse communal passions, and ran a risk of triggering off riots.” “No action was taken against the organisers of various rallies and those who shouted vulgar slogans intended to promote communal ill-will and hatred. The state instead preferred action against those who were documenting facts and reporting the events,” it added.
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