Why is opposition silent on Delhi riots?

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The Hindu Middle Class Is Driving Opposition Silence On Delhi Riots, Says Author Revati Laul

HuffPost India spoke to Revati Laul, a political analyst and author of The Anatomy of Hate, a book on the 2002 Gujarat riots, about the Congress Party-led Opposition’s reaction to the communal violence back then, and the silence of the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party on the Delhi riots in the political landscape of Hindu majoritarianism that exists today.

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Laul, a reporter of 25 years, who covered the Gujarat riots, traces this silence to rise of an “illiberal” middle class as a dominant political entity since India’s economic liberalisation in the 90s.

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“The problem is not with Kejriwal or Modi,” she said. “The problem is with our middle class that is constantly making right wing Hindutva-vadi leaders succeed one after another whether it is in the government or in the Opposition. This is a mirror of who we are as a middle class.”