"Our boys were involved," Mr. Navalkar was quoted as saying, "but for every 5 Shiv Sainiks on the street, there were also 20 antisocial elements involved."

"We are looking for a change in direction, a radical break with the ways in which our democracy has been distorted by terrorists, criminals and antisocial elements," he said.

Beggars were simply antisocial elements, and any unsanctioned social work was viewed with suspicion as a challenge to the state's all-encompassing embrace.

Raghava (Raghava Lawrence) is a typical jobless youth who spends his day playing cricket with his friends and beating up antisocial elements.

McKay said they were in the area "in opposition to criminal and antisocial elements who are using this bonfire as a cover for other activities".

Depressing to see ignorance is alive and well, embodied in antisocial and prejudiced elements like you.

These include local hawkers, he said, "and other antisocial elements."

Kremlin spokesmen ignored the action as a provocation "by a handful of antipsychiatric and antisocial elements" and began a propaganda campaign to contradict the accusations.

The Politburo has dealt appropriately with David Frum, the notorious left-deviationist antisocial element.

As I've tried to explain to you, we have antisocial elements on Earth, criminals, political or religious fanatics, lunatics.