Condemning the violence in Delhi, the Congress on Tuesday demanded that the Prime Minister, the Home Minister and the Chief Minister of Delhi come forward to ensure peace and maintain brotherhood while rising above partisan politics. The grand old party alleged that there is a larger conspiracy by a section of people in certain political parties to make Delhi as the national Capital of riots
The Left parties too wrote to PM and the HM blaming BJP's Kapil Mishra for the violence in northeast Delhi and his open call to forcibly remove protesters from various sites.
"This is Gandhi, Nehru, Patel's India, can any Indian accept this mindless violence? Congress appeals to the people of Delhi to maintain communal harmony and thwart all attempts of the forces dividing the country on the basis of religion," Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said at AICC Press conference.
Referring to the riots in northeast Delhi over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act that continued for the third day, and demanded stern action against the culprits, the party stated unabated violence and incidents of stone-pelting and murder in the national capital have shattered the nation.
"Our appeal to the prime minister, the home minister and the Delhi chief minister is, can you rise to the occasion, leave aside your political partisanship and views, and become really not leaders of your parties but leaders of the society so that harmony, peace and non-violence prevail," he said.
The Congress party will stand with the Centre and the Delhi government in every way to maintain brotherhood and harmony in the society, he said.
"Do not fail this country because you belong to different political parties," Surjewala said, adding this was a sincere appeal "on behalf of people of Delhi and the country" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
"There is no place for violence in Gandhi ji's India... Today there is a need to establish peace on the ground and maintain brotherhood," he said.
CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat in a letter to Modi and Shah demanded immediate arrest of those who incited violence on the streets of national Capital. She said the need of the hour was an impartial and just intervention to ensure peace in the national capital.
"Your intervention for peace will allay apprehensions among the public that the incidents of the last two days are 'Badla' (revenge) against the people of Delhi for the election results.
In this context, action against Kapil Mishra will bring confidence to the people that you are indeed taking impartial steps for peace and against troublemakers.
All those involved in spreading hatred and
violence, regardless of their political connections and colour, should be arrested," Karat said.