The Congress on Monday charged the Central Government with “conspiring to hush up” the case against the Haryana BJP chief's son, accused of stalking a woman in Chandigarh.
The party stated that the Chandigarh Administration and Chandigarh Police come directly under the Union Home Ministry and hence, they are trying to protect Haryana State BJP president Subhash Barala and his son from this case which has come as a shock.
The party also demanded an answer from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah as to why the BJP leader and his son were being “protected”. “The Union Home Ministry, which directly controls UT Administration and UT Police of Chandigarh, is conspiring to hush up the entire matter so as to protect the Haryana State BJP president and his son. Will the Prime Minister, the BJP President answer to the nation as to why BJP state President and his children are being protected in this fashion,” AICC chief spokesman Randeep Surjewala said.
Congress also alleged that Chandigarh Police senior officer DSP Satish Kumar who is probing the case, changed his statement within hours at the behest of the Central government. The party also released three videos of the DSP's statement and the woman narrating the incident.
Surjewala said the police was saying that the footage of CCTV cameras, showing the stalking incident was not available. “Even before you have registered a case under correct sections, the CCTV footage has gone. Does it not show that the Union government is giving diktats to protect the Haryana BJP president and his sonIJ” he said.
He accused the BJP of adopting double standards, saying when a similar incident happened involving the son of a senior minister in Haryana government a few years ago, the current Home Minister as the then National BJP President had demanded his resignation, which the Congress had accepted.
“Why double standards are being adopted by the BJP is a question that the country wants the Prime Minister, BJP President and others to answer,” he said.
The Congress leader also asked if the BJP government and the UT Administration answer as to how all those CCTV cameras have stopped functioning and how all the CCTV footage had gone missing.
“Is that the transparency that Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks aboutIJ And we have also released the video of the girl in question and this young girl has clearly said that she has stated so before the Magistrate in a statement under 164 and she is saying so again on camera that there was a clear cut unequivocal attempt to abduct her. But why has no FIR been lodgedIJ” he asked.