Ask: Who benefits in UP for making an issue out of Kairana exodus?

Over the last few days, social media has been abuzz with reports of a Hindu exodus from Kairana, a small town in western UP.

The allegation has been made that the "pseudo secular" media is silent because Hindus are suffering. The truth is, as always, not so simple.

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Since the Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013, the communal divide has deepened: territories/clusters are being divided on religious lines.

In Kairana itself, a local Muslim gangster is accused of spreading terror (the gang itself has Muslim and Hindu members). The BJP is now sending a fact finding team: after all, no one must be discriminated on grounds of religion. I couldn't agree more.

But I have two simple questions:

When Muslims were pushed into refugee camps after the Muzaffarnagar riots, where was the empathy?

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And why is it that Kairana has become an issue only a few months ahead of the UP elections?

Who benefits from stirring a communal divide?

Think about it.

Here is my debate on the issue last night: not silent but asking questions that a journalist should.