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Reuters
Reuters
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Alasdair Pal and Saurabh Sharma

Ahead of key polls, India's ruling party revives Hindu-Muslim dispute

The Shahi Eidgah mosque and the Hindu temple are seen side-by-side in Mathura town, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, January 24, 2022. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

In the streets around a revered religious site in the Indian city of Mathura where a temple and mosque stand side-by-side, the handful of Muslim restaurants that remain are mostly empty or shuttered.

A ban on meat last year by the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state, a Hindu monk who issued the order on religious grounds, has decimated their trade.

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