[Sven7]

The threat is a large mass of illiterate people being riled up by inflammatory rumors they see on their phone. They aren't the kind of people who know what the words "fact check" means.

Add to that a semi-educated police force and you end up with 3 people dead and a whole bunch of public infrastructure burning.

If you are in government, you don't really have the option to call the protesters in to have a nuanced debate.

[selimthegrim]

I look forward to Gujarat experiencing, like Punjab, the tender mercies of AFSPA (sarcastic, I don't wish that law upon anyone)