Communal polarisation between Jats and Muslims in UP

The clashes in Muzaffarnagar and surrounding areas have sharpened communal fault lines and threaten to rewrite existing equations in Uttar Pradesh. This portends political ferment in the key battleground state and nationally ahead of the general elections. With elections slated for 2014, a polarisation on communal lines between the Jats and Muslims, experts say, does not augur well for the Congress-Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) alliance that is dependent on the numerical clout of the Jat-Muslim combination for trouncing its rivals in Western UP.

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