<p>Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Wednesday said there was a deliberate attempt to create communal tension in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"There was a deliberate attempt to create tension in Uttar Pradesh. We are together trying to fight these evils," said Mulayam Singh, while speaking at a Left-sponsored convention here.<br /><br />Yadav said attempt must be made to defeat the communal forces. "Now that 17 secular parties are coming together, we will defeat the communal forces," he said.<br /><br />Riots in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas in August-September left 62 people dead and rendered 43,000 homeless.</p>
<p>Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Wednesday said there was a deliberate attempt to create communal tension in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"There was a deliberate attempt to create tension in Uttar Pradesh. We are together trying to fight these evils," said Mulayam Singh, while speaking at a Left-sponsored convention here.<br /><br />Yadav said attempt must be made to defeat the communal forces. "Now that 17 secular parties are coming together, we will defeat the communal forces," he said.<br /><br />Riots in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas in August-September left 62 people dead and rendered 43,000 homeless.</p>