Demanding resignation of Samajwadi Party Government on moral grounds after the Supreme Court passed strictures against it over Muzaffarnagar riots, BJP president Rajnath Singh said that Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav should tender his resignation for his failure to control riots.
“SCs observation that the State Government failed to perform its raj dharma that sparked riots in Muzaffarnagar is a clear indictment of the Akhilesh Yadav Government. I demand that the CM tender his resignation,” Singh said while addressing reporters.The BJP president said that all parties had been demanding the head of Narendra Modi for Gujarat riot even after the Special Investigation Team set up by the Supreme Court has gave him a clean chit.
“Everyone blamed the BJP for triggering the violence. Now the Supreme Court has pointed an accusing finger at the Akhilesh Yadav Government and the onus is now on the Samajwadi Party leadership to say quits,” he said.
Meanwhile, BJP state president laxmikant Bajpai met Governor Bl Joshi at the Raj Bhawan and demanded dismissal of the SP Government in the state following the apex court’s strictures.
Other political parties also demanded dismissal of the Akhilesh Yadav Government following the Supreme Court strictures. Bahujan Samaj Party leader Sudhindra Bhadoria said the SP Government should be sacked immediately.
Chairman of UP Congress media committee, Satyavrat Tripathi, said now it had been proved that the state Government was responsible for the Muzaffarnagar riots. “The Chief Minister should resign on moral grounds,” he said. At least 67 people were killed and over 50,000 rendered homeless in the Muzaffarnagar riots in August-September, 2013.
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