The cow, poor thing, was at least there, but the BJP created the love jihad myth out of nothing. Its origin comes closest to that of the tukde tukde gang tale. The myth of the tukde tukde gang is now the BJP’s favourite. But the tukde tukde gang is especially important, because its name embodies one of the BJP’s most effective strategies: reversal of reality. The target in the tukde tukde gang myth, however, is not a community or caste.

Source: The Telegraph January 23, 2020 21:22 UTC