If communal riots are happening in Uttar Pradesh, then it must be election season. This ghastly truth is repeated unfailingly. A magazine cover says “Everybody loves a Riot” and draws parallels between votes polled and the riots organised. Pre-election months are that dark time when politicians make promises that they have no intention of fulfilling. They also take actions that they will never admit in public. This includes making inflammatory speeches, planning and condoning riots and targeted killing. As if on cue, election means lying. Read their lips, they lie.