3 pm, Vishwa Hindu Parishad Office, Rampur: Navin Kumar, who says he’s from the Sangh, is annoyed when I ask him what prompted them to join the agitation of the Valmiki residents. “We don’t discriminate on grounds of religion and caste when it comes to public service,” he tells me sternly. Kumar, though, lets go of his “we-view-all-equally” line quite quickly over the next fifteen minutes. “Rampur is a Muslim-dominated area and Azam Khan has deliberately targeted our Hindu brothers. Muslim properties are not being touched,” he asserts. “Do the VHP and Sangh have a plan to counter this?” I ask. “The Lok Sabha elections went our way, soon things will change,” he says. Kumar then tells me how the administration of Rampur has colluded with Khan to harass Hindus under the garb of development. “Khan will get you picked up from here if he gets to know you are writing anything against him,” he warns me.