Hyderabad, Feb. 28 -- Human rights activist Harsh Mander, who started the Karwan-e-Mohabbat campaign in solidarity with the victims of communal violence, has described the recent Haldwani violence, between February 8 and 9, as "a template for the erasure of Muslim identity without physical violence".

In a South China Morning Post report, Mander warned about the recurring of such a 'template' in future in every Indian state in the wake of creating Akhand Bharat, a narrative constantly grilled and propagated through various channels, including certain sections of the media, by the right-wing.

"Is this the template of how we are going from state to state? Initially peaceful, Haldwani became polarised due to encouragement from the state adm...