The BJP members gheraoed the gates of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha preventing police to arrest its four legislators who were booked in the Muzaffarnagar riots saying they will not allow arrest of innocent people.
"The Samajwadi Party Government was acting in a partisan manner. They have lodged FIRs against BJP legislators and spared its vice-president of Muzaffarnagar unit who led panchayat on August 30. We will not allow this to happen," BJP spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak said as workers jostled with each other preventing police to arrest the party law makers.
He said a sting operation carried out by a TV channel has proved beyond doubt involvement of a senior minister in Akhilesh Government.The BJP legislators booked in the case are: Hukum Singh, Sangeet Som, Suresh Rana and Bhartendu.
As soon as the BJP legislators reached the main gate the party workers who were waiting for them started shouting slogans. Senior leader Uma Bharati who accompanied these legislators said the state government is acting in a partisan manner
later the BJP MlAs were taken inside party office by workers shouting anti-Government slogans.Earlier, riot accused BJP MlA Sangeet Som and Suresh Rana said they were being framed by the Samajwadi Party government to'' cover up its lapses.''
'We are not absconding or evading arrest. We are here in the assembly and ready to face any consequence as we are honest,'' they told media persons in the central hall of the assembly here on Wednesday
Demanding the arrest of state parliamentary affairs minister Md Azam Khan for his role in triggering the violence following a sting operation by a TV channel, Sangeet claimed his innocence in the incident.
'' I only shared the Facebook photograph neither I uploaded it nor did I give any fiery speech," he said.He said the BJP was not the organiseors of the Maha-panchayat and the MlAs participated in the capacity of public representatives.Suresh Rana also questioned why Azam Khan, who is the Minister in-charge of Muzaffarnagar, did not visit the violence hit areas till now.