In September 2013, India saw heinous violence in UP under the Samajwadi Party state government and a Congress-led government, both of whom were said to be secular. Over four dozen people were killed, and 50,000 were displaced, yet scarcely any question was asked of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav or the Union government.39 In 2017, UP supposedly turned ‘communal’ on Yogi Adityanath’s election as chief minister.
