No place for violence, govt’s responsibility to investigate: Cong on Haryana incident

NEW DELHI: Asserting that there is no place for violence anywhere, the Congress on Friday said it is the government’s responsibility to probe the incident in which the body of a man has been found near a farmers' protest site in Haryana, and that the law should take its course.

Asked about the incident, Congress spokesperson, Pawan Khera said, “We saw it on social media, don’t know the details yet. There is no place at all whatsoever for violence anywhere in the country.”

“This country is and must be governed by the rule of law. It is the government’s responsibility to get deep into this, investigate and let the law take its course,” he said in response to a question at the AICC headquarters here.

Another Congress leader Salman Anees Soz said the “gruesome murder” at the Singhu border (between Delhi-Haryana) is shocking and condemnable.

“Hope the perpetrators are quickly brought to justice. But there will now be an attempt to paint all protesters as killers. Just watch how low government supporters will go,” he said in a tweet.

Reacting to the incident, BJP’s IT cell chief Amit Malviya said had Rakesh Tikait not “justified” lynching in Lakhimpur Kheri, with Yogendra Yadav, sitting next to him, maintaining sanctimonious silence, the gory murder of a youth at Kundli border would not have happened. “Anarchists behind these protests in the name of farmers need to be exposed,” he said.

SKM: Govt should probe this matter thoroughly

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) alleged the deceased before dying, admitted he was sent by someone and given Rs30,000, demanding the government to thoroughly probe the matter.

Addressing a press conference at the Singhu border today, the SKM senior leader, Jagjit Singh Dallewal said, “When we reached the spot some people were saying the deceased man, before dying, admitted he was sent by someone and given Rs30,000. I don’t have the video proof of it. Government should probe this matter thoroughly.” Terming the incident a ‘conspiracy’, SKM alleged an attempt is being made to give communal colour to the morcha.

Meanwhile, Socialist Party (India) claimed some members of its farmers’ wing were detained when they gathered here to burn effigies of PM Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and MoS Home Ajay Mishra in the Lakhimpur violence.