Modi expected Akalis to take of Punjab, Khattar & Dushyant to take care of Haryana & he never expected Western UP to rise at all due to caste polarisation since 2012. Amit Shah had setup that place from the time he was tadipaar from Gujarat & was handling UP state for 2014 +

2. elections. When AS came to UP his Modus Operandi was simple - Find a region with mixture of Hindus & sizeable Muslim population (It is 27% Muslims in Western UP vs 19% in rest of UP). He vitiated the atmosphere in Western UP with Love Jihad, “Beti bachao, bahu bachao” BS. +

3. He spread rumours thru fake videos & local "awareness committees". Created more than 100 riots out of trivial incidents & polarised the region. Politics of Western UP totally changed after AS took over UP. He broke the decades old alliance of Jat, Jatavs and Muslims, the+

4. strength of Ch. Charan Singh & Ajit Singh (RLD). When there were signs of farmer unrest, Bisht brought the Love Jihad agenda back into discussion in September. I believe he did that to keep UP, especially Western UP Jats busy in that shitshow. This farmer agitation could +

5. have a lasting impact on the politics in this region with Jats & Muslims coming back together again in this protest & presence of Jayant Chaudhary on stage today with Rakesh Tikait could be the early signs of that. This might also bring semblance of peace to the region. We'll+

6. wait and see if that ever happens.

*religion & caste polarisation.