The Manohar lal Khattar led BJP Government in Haryana was severely criticized on Wednesday for the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.
The State Government was at the receiving end of criticism as both INlD and Congress banded together to blame the Government for the worsening law and order situation during a calling attention motion over the issue.
The discussion, which lasted for more than four hours on the law and order situation, witnessed heated exchanges of words between the treasury benches and opposition legislators.
leader of Opposition Abhay Singh Chautala raised the issue of double murder and gang rape incident in Mewat recently while INlD’s Zakir Hussain demanded a judicial or CBI inquiry into the incident.
last week, five armed men had barged into a house in village Dingerheri in Mewat. The accused had beaten a couple to death, and gang-raped their two nieces.
One of the rape victims is a minor. The accused had then fled with valuables including cash, jewellery and a vehicle.
The Opposition legislators including ClP leader Kiran Chaudhry, Congress’ Karan Singh Dalal, INlD’s Naseem Ahmed among others raised the increasing crime against women and dalits in the State.
Chief Minister Manohar lal while replying to the calling attention motion presented comparative figures of cases of crime registered from 2005 to 2016, claiming that the number of crime cases are decreasing.
Taking on the previous Governments on the issue of law and order, the Chief Minister said that mining mafia flourished between the year 1991-96 during Congress regime in the state. Similarly, liquor mafia thrived between 1996 and 1999 during the regime of Haryana Vikas Party and we were forced to leave the alliance due to this, said he.
He added that recruitment scams were reported during INlD government from 1999 to 2005 and land, ClU mafia flourished during ten years rule of the Congress from 2005 to 2014 which are being investigated by the CBI and Commission.
During the reply, the Chief Minister’s remarks on INlD’s ‘green bridage’ infuriated the INlD legislators, who were on their feet protesting against him. A heated argument over allegations of criminal activities of ‘green brigade’ continued for several minutes following which the Speaker Kanwar Pal Gujjar urged the legislators to remain calm and seated.
The Chief Minister, who was interrupted several times by the opposition during his reply, also informed the State Assembly about various steps taken by the government to strengthen the security in the State. Referring to several cases of crime, he said that in case of Sunped issue, investigation by the CBI is in progress
“An SIT has been constituted for thorough investigation in Mewat double murder and gangrape case. Recommendation for trial by a Fast Track Court will be made after completion of investigation,” said he.
Presenting data on crime rate, the Chief Minister said that for the period 2005 to 2014 under the crime head Rape, there has been an average increase of 13.6 per cent per year whereas during the year 2015, the rate of rape incidents has decreased by four per cent and during the year 2016, upto July 31, 2016 the rate of increase has been 3.14 per cent.