JNU violence reflects an apocalyptic politics driven by a constant need to find new enemies | The Indian Express

JNU violence reflects an apocalyptic politics driven by a constant need to find new enemies | The Indian Express

JNU violence reflects an apocalyptic politics driven by a constant need to find new enemies

Written by Pratap Bhanu Mehta | Updated: January 7, 2020 at 4:00 am

It is apocalyptic in a triple sense. At the level of discourse, the normalisation of the phrase “tukde tukde gang” abetted by the home minister, with the help of a pliant media, laid the background conditions for this kind of violence.