What 'teaching a lesson' in Gujarat means

The national security paradigm is another device to herd voters behind the BJP, which is projected as the last line of defence between a secure India and its perceived enemies

Union Home Minister Amit Shah pressed the "refresh" button on the Gujarat communal riots of 2002 in his campaign speeches in the state. In several public meetings – at Deesa (Banaskantha district), Mahuda (Kheda), Vagra (Bharuch) and Naroda (Ahmedabad) – Shah claimed that those responsible for the riots in 2002 had been "taught a lesson" and "akhand shanti" (eternal peace) established in Gujarat by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"Nobody has the courage to indulge in communal riots now," he declared with finality at Naroda while campaigning for party candidate Payal Kukrani, the daughter of 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre convict