Chandigarh, Aug 30: The BJP-led government in Haryana “avoided discussion” on issues raised by the opposition in the state assembly, including the Nuh violence, Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Wednesday.
Communal clashes had erupted in Nuh and its adjoining areas after a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) procession was attacked by a mob on July 31 leading to the death of six people, including two home guards and a cleric. “They (the government) avoided discussion when we raised law and order matters, including the Nuh incident. It was said that the matter was sub-judice,” the leader of opposition told reporters here, a day after the Haryana assembly Monsoon session concluded. “We said only the bulldozer action by authorities in Nuh recently was pending before the high court,” Hooda said.
Days after the communal violence in Nuh, a demolition drive was initiated in there which came under the Punjab and Haryana High Court scanner on August 7 with justices G S Sandhawalia and Harpreet Kaur Jeevan taking suo motu cognisance of the matter and halting the exercise.
The Congress leader claimed that the government ran away from a discussion on law and order issues demanded by his party. “They run away from holding discussions inside the House, but give statements outside the assembly,” he said.
The Haryana assembly was briefly adjourned on Monday following uproar as opposition Congress demanded a discussion on the Nuh violence and a probe monitored by a high court judge. Speaker Gian Chand Gupta had said the matter was sub-judice.
Referring to the last month violence, Hooda said Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had pointed towards a conspiracy behind the incident. Hooda claimed that “a week before (the violence) an atmosphere was built from both sides with WhatsApp messages being circulated”. (PTI)
