The BJP on Wednesday accused the Congress-led-Gehlot Government in Rajasthan of pursuing “vote bank politics of appeasement” and termed the killing of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur as a "terror attack".
The party also saw a pattern in the State Government’s failure to prevent f such terrorist incidents in the past. BJP leader and Union Minister Anurag Thakur lashed out at Ashok Gehlot over the killing saying the State Government remained a "mute spectator" as the Congress' internal rivalries affected law and order. The Information and Broadcasting Minister was responding to reporters' questions on the killing of Lal Monday.
At a separate Press conference, BJP spokesperson and former Union Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore said Lal's killers filmed the incident and made the video viral in an attempt to terrorise society and accused the State police of not acting on the complaint of the deceased and allowing a free-run to the ‘jehadi nexus’ in the State. He said the Chief Minister who is also Home Minister is treating the terrorist act as a “simple murder” and accused the Congress Government of pursuing “vote-bank politics of appeasement”. Rathore charged the Congress Government in Rajasthan was responsible for Lal's killing and that it has taken many steps during its tenure to appease one community.
“Festivals of different religions are given different treatment by the State Government,” he said while leveling charge of appeasement on the Gehlot government. “Not a single week has gone by in the last six months when terrorist, jihadi incidents have not happened in Rajasthan. The Government of Rajasthan is solely responsible for this,” he said adding the Gehlot Government is seen as “giving support to terrorist organisations”.
The BJP spokesman said fundamentalist are running a free-run and “sleeper cells” have penetrated the state and “law and order has turned zero”. “Police intelligence is being used for political intelligence”, he alleged and sought to know as to why the Chief Minister was there if he was to look at the Prime Minister to do everything. On a question that the opposition has blamed BJP for creating a negative atmosphere , Rathore hit-out at them saying such arguments are dished-out to justify ‘Jehadi’ killings. BJP spokesman, however, said National Investigation Agency is “competent enough” to unravel conspiracy and terrorist nexus and will investigate as who was giving protection to them in state.
Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje also slammed the Gehlot government over the beheading incident in Udaipur saying “policies of incitement and appeasement” led to the Communal violence in state. “ ..it has become clear that due to the instigation and appeasement of the state government morale of criminals is high .
Due to this policy of the state government , a situation of communal frenzy and violence has arisen in the state “, Raje tweeted. The tailor was killed on Tuesday by two men, who had posted videos online that said they were avenging an insult to Islam.
