A Bounty on a Head: BJP's Blunder in Meerut In India's increasingly polarized environment, the latest controversy unfolding in Bulandshahr district is a stark reminder of the dangers of mixing politics with vigilantism.
The BJP's civic chief in Sikandrabad, Dr Pradeep Dixit, has sparked outrage by offering a Rs 1 crore reward for beheading Trinamool Congress MP Saayoni Ghosh over an old social media post deemed insulting to Lord Shiva.
The incident is not just another example of India's long history of communal tensions.