NEW DELHI: Senior Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit out on the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering in response to a hate crime on a transferring practice and communal violence in Haryana. The Gandhi scion careworn that “solely love can extinguish this hearth.” “The BJP, the media and the forces standing with them have unfold the kerosene of hatred throughout the nation,” Gandhi mentioned in his tweet. “Solely love can douse this hearth within the nation,” he added.
भाजपा, मीडिया और उनके साथ खड़ी ताक़तों ने पूरे देश में नफ़रत का केरोसिन फैला दिया है।
सिर्फ़ मोहब्बत ही देश में लगी इस आग को बुझा सकती है।
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) August 1, 2023
Rahul Gandhi’s tweet got here hours after 5 individuals have been killed within the violence that erupted on Monday in Haryana’s Nuh. 4 individuals, together with two dwelling guards, died and plenty of others have been injured in Nuh, the place mobs tried to cease a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) procession, whereas a naib imam was killed at a mosque in Gurugram.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday mentioned the assault on a VHP procession in Nuh appears to be a part of a giant conspiracy and asserted that strict motion can be taken towards the culprits.
Khattar’s remarks got here hours after Haryana Dwelling Minister Anil Vij mentioned somebody who needed to disturb the peace within the state engineered the violence in Nuh.
On Tuesday, authorities imposed a curfew within the district after the day gone by’s violence. CM Khattar additionally held a gathering right here with State Dwelling Minister Anil Vij and senior officers, together with the chief secretary, to take inventory of the state of affairs. Senior cops, together with the DGP, joined the assembly just about.
In line with an official assertion, Khattar mentioned that yearly, the ‘Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra’ was taken out. This yr too, this Yatra was being taken out when the incidents occurred at round 2 pm on Monday, he mentioned.
Some individuals hatched a conspiracy and attacked the procession, Khattar mentioned, including police personnel have been additionally attacked. “Positively, it appears like a part of a giant conspiracy,” the CM mentioned.
Up to now, 44 FIRs have been registered and 70 individuals taken into custody. After investigations, strict motion can be taken towards all these discovered concerned within the violence, he mentioned.
Anybody who has indulged on this arson is not going to be spared, he mentioned. After the incident, Khattar had dispatched the DGP, ADGP (CID) and ADGP (regulation and order) to Nuh whereas police pressure from neighbouring districts was rushed and the Centre was requested to ship extra forces, the assertion mentioned.
Sixteen corporations of central forces and 30 corporations of Haryana Police additionally reached Nuh and the state of affairs within the district was normalised, mentioned the CM.
In neighbouring areas, together with Gurugram, Palwal and Faridabad, some incidents of violence have been reported and peace has been established now, the assertion mentioned. As a precautionary measure, a curfew has been imposed (in Nuh) and Part 144 clamped in a few of the adjoining districts, Khattar mentioned. He once more appealed to all to cooperate and assist keep peace, saying what occurred in Nuh on Monday was unlucky.
Earlier within the day, Haryana Dwelling Minister Vij had mentioned the incident in Nuh doesn’t seem to have occurred impulsively. “The extent of violence that came about and in addition occurred at totally different factors, the way in which stones have been collected, the way in which weapons have been brandished, the way in which pictures have been fired, it doesn’t seem to have occurred impulsively,” Vij informed reporters in Ambala.
Each the communities dwell peacefully there, he mentioned. Any person, who needed to disturb peace within the state and the nation engineered or masterminded this incident, claimed Vij.