‘Law and order situation worrisome in Haryana’

chandigarh — Describing the law and order situation as “worrisome” in Haryana, the opposition Congress on Tuesday demanded resignation of Manohar Lal Khattar-led government for its alleged failure in controlling things.

With a number of rape incidents being reported from different parts of the state over the past few days, former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the party legislators will meet here on Wednesday to discuss the burning issue and “rising crime graph” of the state .

“The law and order situation in Haryana is worrisome.

“Four to five incidents of rape being reported within a span of just 48 hours is shocking. The crime graph has been going up during the past three years of Khattar government rule,” Hooda said. He said a party delegation will be meeting the state governor tomorrow to apprise him about the present situation.

According to Hooda, Haryana witnessed major incidents of violence and lost several lives under the present BJP dispensation.

“First it was the (self-styled guru) Rampal issue in November 2014, then (Jat) reservation issue in 2016 and the Dera issue in 2017. Besides, incidents of crime have become order of the day. “We demand that this government should resign on moral grounds and if it fails to do so, the governor should dismiss it,” Hooda told reporters.

Notably, among the latest incidents of crime against women, two minor Dalit girls were allegedly raped and killed in separate incidents, barely a month after a similar case involving a six-year-old girl shook the state. — PTI