NEW DELHI (Web Desk) – India has seen a near 25% increase in incidents of communal violence in the first five months of 2015 under the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, compared to the corresponding period of the previous year when the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance was in power.
Home ministry data accessed by Economic Times shows that 287 incidents of communal violence were reported between January and May this year compared to 232 in the first five months of 2014.
Deaths in communal incidents also saw a spike to 43 from 26 last year while the number of those injured in such clashes increased to 961 from 701, the figures show.The federal government of India blamed state governments of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra and West Bengal for not keeping such clashes from increasing.
