Former state president of the Congress, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, who is also a local MlA from Cantt Assembly segment, charged Samajwadi Party government for not initiating any action to defuse the communal tension in the capital town which already witnessed over half a dozen violent clashes between two sects of the minority during last three days. She claimed that it looks that the ruling
Party is not making efforts to maintain peace just as they tried to polarise the voters to capitalise it in the next Parliament elections. later a delegation led by Rita Bahuguna also handed over a memorandum to Governor Bl Joshi asking him to immediately intervene into the matter and issue necessary directions to restore peace in the city particularly when the members of minority community were celebrating holy month of Ramazan while the Hindus were enjoying the religions month of Shrawan.
``State government had neither took any steps to avert any fresh clash between two sects of the minority community which has been witnessed for the last four days, nor any statement came from chief minister or any other concern officers", alleged Congress leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi adding that it clearly pointed that how insensitive is government towards public particularly minorities who were now unable to freely celebrate their festivals. Rita Bahuguna claimed that since Akhilesh Yadav took charge, state witnessed 28 communal clashes in which several persons from both the communities had lost their lives besides huge damage to public as well as private properties. Spokesman of the District Congress Committee,
Mukesh Singh Chauhan confirmed that they handed over a memorandum in this regard to Governor Bl Joshi in which acting president of DCC, Amit Srivastava `Tyagi’ and other local leaders were also present on Saturday afternoon. In her memorandum, Rita Bahuguna demanded a time- bound enquiry into communal clashes by a retired high court judge, to compensate the damages caused to properties during riots, free treatment of injured, action against officials who lethargic approach led to tension, and to form a committee of all secular parties so that they could restore peace through appeal in the trouble prone areas.