Eminent Indian journalist Barkha Dutt says India's politics of hate erupted during US President Donald Trump's visit to New Delhi.

In an article carried by American daily The Washington Post, the Indian journalist said Donald Trump's visit was meant to be a grand show of India's soft power. Instead, India's politics of hate exploded for the entire world to witness.

She said Hindus and Muslims clashed violently in a city where they have lived integrated for years. Law and order collapsed. The police was paralyzed and complicit.

Barkha Dutt said though officials characterized the riots as clashes between supporters and opponents of the citizenship law and there were initial reports of some violence by groups on both sides of the trenches, by the end of the day, it became absolutely clear that it was Muslims who were essentially being terrorized in an organized and deliberate matter.

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