LUCKNOW: The simmering tension in Muzaffarnagar has come to a boil with 19 people being killed over the last few days. The violence is showing few signs of abating despite the Army being called out. Five more people were reported killed on Sunday, even as tension spread to neighbouring districts of Meerut, Shamli, Bijnore, and Saharanpur.With the administration seemingly helpless and violence spreading to villages, the Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav took matters in his own hands and convened a meeting of top officials and leaders from the violence-hit districts. Muzaffarnagar district had been sitting on a powder keg since August 27 when two youths in Kawal village, incensed over eve teasing of their sister, killed the accused who belonged to another community.In retaliation, the other community killed the two youths. The incident saw the area being engulfed into communal tension with clashes in a few other places, but the administration did not fully comprehend the gravity of the situation and claimed that things were back to normal.On Saturday, the Jat community had convened a ‘Bahu Beti Bachao Mahapanchayat’ at Nangla Mandaud village in Muzaffarnagar to condemn and seek compensation for the killing of the two youths. Despite prohibitory orders being in place, the district administration could not control the gathering of about a lakh Jats.Tempers rose when the crowds learnt that a vehicle bringing people to the village for the meeting was attacked on the way. After the meeting, those retuning were attacked at different places fueling clashes and killings, which had a TV stringer and a police cameraman among the 9 dead and 34 injured.With the administration helpless, the Army was called out on Saturday midnight. State authorities said 5 columns of the Army were pressed in rural areas and 3 columns in Muzaffarnagar city. However, on Sunday violence continued and five more killings were reported, taking the toll to 14 dead in the last two days. The state government sounded an alert throughout the state.Twenty eight companies of para-military forces were deployed in the area. The union home ministry sought a report from the Akhilesh Yadav government over the communal riots Congress leader Digvijay Singh has said the Akhilesh Yadav government has failed to control communal clashes. He added the track record of the Mayawati government was far better than that of SP.Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh and BSP’s Leader of Opposition Swami Prasad Maurya called for dismissal of the UP government and imposition of President's Rule. Ajit said the Akhilesh government is unable to control the situation and on Saturday a senior police official deserted Muzaffarnagar fearing for his life. He said more than 100 communal riots have taken place since Akhilesh government was formed in March last year.The increased frequency of communal riots, especially, in western UP has startled political observers in the state. “There have been a spate of communal riots over the last few months. Western UP in particular is sitting on a powder keg.People are being polarised on religious lines which would suit party's like the SP and the BJP that are identified with the Muslims and Hindus.The SP government’s pro-Muslim policies and appointment of Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case accused Amit Shah as incharge of BJP's state unit has provided fodder to both party's to polarise voters,” said Prof Sudhir Panwar of Lucknow University.Police records show that 39 communal riots have happened between March 2012, when Akhilesh too over as CM, and August 2013. That makes it more than two riots a month though Opposition party's say many more riots have taken place which the police has suppressed. Even as Muzaffarnagar burned, last Tuesday saw one man being killed in Shamli in violence.Muzaffarnagar itself has seen three cases of communal riots in 2013 including the latest one. In June last year too, Muzaffarnagar had seen clashes which left 20 people injured.