Locals in Purola wonder if national attention to the May 26 abduction incident, and thus to the hate speeches that followed, were engineered to serve the BJP ahead of crucial electoral tests.
The Uttarakhand town has been on tenterhooks from May 26, following the hate campaign by the Hindutva outfits to "cleanse" town of Muslims. Even the BJP leaders from the Muslim community, who served the party for decades, have fled the town to save their lives.