SC MOVED FOR PROBE INTO VIOLENCE Why book farmer leaders, not rowdy elements, asks Congress
The Congress on Wednesday condemned the police registering cases against the farmer leaders instead of the rowdy elements who led the anti-social elements in Delhi on the Republic Day to create violence, saying it is part of the government’s continuous attempt to defame the farmers’ movement instead of resolving their demands.
Dubbing it a conspiracy of the government and the rowdy elements, Congress general secretary and chief spokesman Randeep Surjewala sought resignation of Home Minister Amit Shah for the breakdown of the law and order in the capital and failure of the intelligence agencies. He said the law and order in the national capital is under Shah and so he should step down for failure to stop second violence in it within a year.
He said it is for the first time in 73 years of the Independence the government failed in ensuring security to Red Fort, the national heritage as a handful of miscreants were allowed to enter the fort premises in the name of the farmers and the presence of Deep Siddhu, a disciple of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah in the Red Fort was a clear planned conspiracy to defame the farmer movement.
Surjewala posed the pointed questions on the violence:
How the farmers’ movement going on so peacefully suddenly turned violent;
Government’s conspiracy is evident in the way it carried out a drama of talks for 10 days and its stress on defaming the movement all through.
Our straight question: How can the rogues gatecrash in the Red Fort with just 30-40 tractors?
Whose failure and whose responsibility? Whatever be the situation, the govt will have to explain how a violent mob can enter the ramparts of the Red Fort and unfurl a flag. It’s clearly seen the police were sitting as spectators and the TV cameras were focused on the ramparts.
As many as 178 farmers have died during the movement. If they wanted to resort to violence, why should they sit on the borders in the bone-chilling winter for 63 days?
Creation of an atmosphere of violence to defame the farmer movement is repeat of one more in the series of East Delhi riots, Shaheen Baug, anti-CAA protests, and Delhi JNU violence.
Who gained and who lost from Tuesday's violence? Who wants to change the public support that the farmers were gaining?
Surjewala said what happened in Delhi on Tuesday was completely planned, but not by the farmers but a conspiracy of defaming their movement, with direct support and protection of the Modi government.