A sinister undercurrent of communal tension is building up across India. It began in Assam in late July when tribal Bodo militant groups rioted against Muslims in the western Assam district of Kokrajhar. The alleged grievance of the Bodo militants was the usurping of land and assets that they perceive as rightfully theirs by immigrants from Bangladesh. This was not the first time that violence erupted in Assam on this issue. It was, however, the first time that events in Assam had reverberations across the rest of India.
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