SAHARANPUR: Three big flare-ups in 20 days, the district magistrate’s orders to open fire being ignored by the police, no immediate compensation to Dalits whose homes were burnt, the UP DGPs visit being limited to the circuit house and a BSP stronghold turning into a BJP field – all these have contributed to Saharanpur becoming the tinderbox for the new Yogi Adityanath government.On April 20, it was BJP workers versus Muslims of Dhudli village in Saharanpur over an unpermitted BJP procession for Bhimrao Ambedkar. On May 5, it was Thakurs versus Dalits in Shabbirpur village over yet another unpermitted procession for Maharana Pratap. A Thakur youth died and nearly 50 Dalit homes were burnt.On May 7, DGP Sulkhan Singh visited Saharanpur but did not go to Shabbirpur, didn’t announce any compensation for Dalits and stayed put in the city’s circuit house. On May 9, enraged Dalits of ‘ Bhim Army ’ came out against the police, demanding compensation and arrest of men behind the May 5 arson.In Saharanpur, district magistrate NP Singh and SDM SK Dubey say they repeatedly ordered the police to open fire on Tuesday as protestors ran amok at 10 locations, burnt a dozen vehicles and Dubey just escaped being lynched. But not a single shot was fired by the police. The UP government has now fired SP (City) and SP (Rural) for the inaction.SSP SC Dubey is himself just about two weeks old in the district. He replaced SSP Luv Kumar who was shifted to Noida after the April 20 incident when his house was stormed by BJP supporters led by local BJP MP Raghav Lakhanpal.DGP Singh told ET earlier that Kumar failed to take immediate action against the Dhudli procession. SSP Dubey claims he prevented a catastrophe on Tuesday, saying there was a “systematic campaign” on Facebook and WhatsApp by ‘Bhim Army’ to get thousands of their supporters from other districts into Gandhi Maidan of Saharanpur.“We did not allow the protestors to camp in the maidan and stopped others streaming into the city. The protestors blocked roads on the outskirts wherever they were stopped and resorted to arson,” the SSP says.The mastermind, Chandrashekar, head of the ‘Bhim Army, warned two days ago that they will come out on the streets if action is not taken.There is a political context to the crisis too. Saharanpur has been traditionally a BSP stronghold with Dalits and Muslims here reposing their faith in Mayawati . BSP held 4 out of the 7 assembly seats in Saharanpur in 2012 but lost all of them in the recent polls while BJP won 4 seats.“There seems to be a feeling of insecurity among the Dalits here…the Police needs to work overtime to assuage such feelings,” a senior state functionary conceded, speaking on the condition of anonymity.The establishment in Lucknow seems to be struggling so far to get a grip over the situation here despite senior minister Surya Pratap Shahi being made in-charge of Saharanpur. Ahead of municipal polls, Congress, SP and BSP are all now raising questions in Saharanpur.The UP DGP office confirmed that over 30 people have been arrested for the May 9 violence and the district magistrate has been told to speedily send a report on the loss suffered by Dalits so that compensation can be announced for them.