There are alternatives - Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee, Nitish Kumar - who, just like Modi have been chief ministers of their states many times. Just because you may not vote for them you cannot ignore those who did.
BBC has intended to imply that the incident occurred due to the existence of 'Hindu hierarchy'. While it emphasized the Dalit identity of the victims, it forgot to mention that the culprits were named Junaid, Airf, Sohail, Hafiz, Karimuddin and Chhotu.