#Br_ Asaduddin Owaisi on #TimesNow The Newshour Debate: The riot blamegame -(13th August 2014) Ruling BJP and opposition Congress on Wednesday (August 13) clashed in Lok Sabha over communal riots in the country with both parties accusing each other of pursuing a divisive agenda and questioning secular credentials. Initiating the discussion on Need for more effective mechanisms to deal with communal violence, Leader of Congress Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that over 600 riots had taken place in various parts of the country in two months after Narendra Modi government came to power. Amid strong protests by ruling benches, he suggested that BJP and its affiliates were trying to divide the society to retain power and warned that if it was not controlled, we will repent. Naming VHP and Bajrang Dal and referring to certain comments made by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, Kharge said the communal forces had got emboldened after BJP came to power as they feel that they have political power now and would be protected. We talk about uniting the society, you talk about dividing the society. You divide the society on the basis of religion and implant your principles on suppressed sections like minorities so that they remain away from power, the Congress leader told BJP. Asking BJP not to incite riots, he questioned why the communal violence was taking place in states going to polls like Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. He said while BJP was accusing Congress of indulging in vote bank politics, the truth was the other way round. Hitting back at Congress, BJP leader Yogi Adityanath said, You claim you are secular but the agenda you implement is communal. The House took up a debate on the communal violence nearly a week after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi led his party members into the Well to demand urgent debate on the issue. Adityanath said there have been thousands of riots during UPA rule and even before that 3.5 lakh Kashmiri Pandits were driven out of Kashmir but Congress remained silent. The BJP leader also referred to communal violence in Assam and anti-Sikh riots of 1984 in Delhi to target Congress. He suggested setting up a Special Investigative Team (SIT) headed by Supreme Court judge to probe all communal incidents to unravel who was behind these. In a debate moderated by TIMES NOWs Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- Dr Subramanian Swamy, Senior Leader, BJP; Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Spokesperson, Congress; Gaurav Bhatia, National President, Legal Wing, SP; Saba Naqvi, Political Editor, Outlook; Sudhindra Bhadoria, Leader, BSP; Prem Shukla Shukla, Executive Editor, Dopahar ka Saamna (Courtesy:Times now)
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:49:35 +0000
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