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Colour Me Saffron

It looked like the victorious BJP had started showing its ‘true, who won the Hawamahal seat in Jaipur by just 974 votes, went around the Muslim-populated areas in his constituency threatening shopkeepers and vendors, saying that devotees visiting a nearby temple had been complaining about the “stinky meat smells”. By the next day, though, the mahant had had a change of heart (perhaps the backlash on social media had something to do with it), issuing an apology and the usual blandishments about taking “everyone along”. Hope the truce holds…

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