New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday hit out at the BJP government in Haryana after a video purportedly showed members of a Muslim family in Gurgaon being beaten up by a group of men, with party president Rahul Gandhi alleging the BJP-RSS combine “channelises bigotry and hatred for political power”.
“Every Patriotic Indian is disgusted by the video of a family in Gurugram being mercilessly beaten by hooligans. The RSS/BJP channelises bigotry and hatred for political power. This incident serves as a warning of the dangerous consequences and the dark side of that strategy,” Gandhi tweeted.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala also accused the Manohar Lal Khattar government in Haryana of spreading hatred in society and creating a division among people on the basis of caste and religion.
He said the BJP government in Haryana is a “habitual offender” in spreading hatred and dividing people in society.
“The humanity has been shamed once again… The Khattar government in Haryana is a habitual offender in spreading hatred, breaking brotherhood and turning people against other on the basis of caste and religion.
“Ever since the Haryana government led by Khattar has come to power, Haryana has been burnt thrice with over 50 deaths in police firing, in violence among communities. The law and order situation in the state has collapsed and this Gurugram incident has shamed humanity,” he said.
Separately, he tweeted, saying, “An atmosphere of fear has become synonymous with BJP rule. Under Khattar government’s jungle raj, the law and order situation in Haryana has been torn apart.”
“The common man is terrorised and an atmosphere of hate prevails in the state. Such a shameful incident shows how humanity is going backwards under Khattar regime,” he said on Twitter along with pictures of the incident.
Hitleresque: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal condemned the incident and hit out at Modi, alleging that he is “following” German dictator “Adolf Hitler’s tactics to grab power.”
“Goons of Hitler used to beat and kill innocent people. Later, police would file cases against the victims. Modiji is also doing the same. He is following Hitler’s tactics to grab power and his supporters are not able to see in which direction India is going,” Kejriwal said in a tweet.
The Delhi Chief Minister also re-tweeted the video of the incident in Gurgaon and said,
“Look at this video. In which holy book it is written that one should beat Muslims. Is it in Gita? Or in Ramayan? Or in Hanuman Chalisa? These people are not Hindus but goons in their disguise”.
According to a victim, Shahid, six to seven drunk people asked his my family members not to play cricket on the street.
The attack was captured on cellphone by one of the victims. The family later alleged it was a planned attack by a group of people “backed” by a Hindutva group.
The police, however, did not confirm the allegation.
AAP senior leader Sanjay Singh also alleged the BJP is trying to turn India into Taliban and urged the opposition parties to be careful of the saffron party’s tactics of “polarising people ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.” (PTI)
