Sir — This refers to the report, “CM sees plot behind UP riots” (September 19). Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s statement that there was a ‘political conspiracy’ behind the Muzaffarnagar violence is nothing but a canard to mislead the nation.
Even assuming that a few political parties are out to engineer communal disturbances with a ‘vested interest’, why did his Government fail to prevent the developmentIJ Did not intelligence inputs alert the State’s police about the impending troubleIJ And if communal disharmony has not been state-sponsored, what explains the 44 communal riots that have taken place in a span of over a year under the Samajwadi Party regimeIJ
Since the Congress-led UPA, out of expediency allows the Samajwadi Party Government to stay in power in Uttar Pradesh and considering the total constitutional break-down in the State, President Pranab Mukherjee should assert himself and dismiss the Akhilesh Yadav Government.