“Instructed Them I’m An MP”: BJP Ally Naresh Gujral Writes To Amit Shah On Police Inaction Over Delhi Violence

New Delhi:

Shiromani Akali Dal MP Naresh Gujral has written to House Minister Amit Shah and Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, accusing the Delhi Police of inactivity and apathy whilst coping with court cases all through the violent clashes in northeast Delhi since Sunday, by which 35 folks had been killed and over 200 injured. The Delhi Police reviews to the House Ministry.

Mr Gujral, whose celebration is an best friend of the ruling BJP, mentioned the police took no motion on his request for help to 16 Muslims who have been trapped in a area in northeast Delhi’s Maujpur locality on Wednesday night time whilst a mob was once seeking to destroy in, in spite of him telling them he’s a Member of Parliament.

“I defined the urgency of the location and informed the operator that I’m a Member of Parliament. At 11:43 pm, I won a affirmation from the Delhi Police that my criticism have been won at the side of the reference quantity 946603… On the other hand, a lot to my unhappiness, no motion was once taken on my criticism and the ones 16 folks won no help in any respect from the Delhi Police” Mr Gujral wrote.

The Akali Dal MP mentioned the 16 Muslims controlled to flee best as a result of some Hindu neighbours got here to their rescue. 

“If that is the location when a Member of Parliament makes a criticism in my opinion, it’s not unexpected that sure portions of Delhi proceed to burn whilst the police stands via apathetically,” the letter added.

Northeast Delhi has been at the edge since Sunday with vandalism, arson and unrest over the contentious citizenship regulation. Masses of police and paramilitary workforce are patrolling the streets of the area amid reviews of sporadic violence these days. 

35 folks have died in violence clashes in Delhi since Sunday

In December, the rift between the Akalis and the BJP had emerged after Mr Gujral had informed NDTV, “We really feel the Muslim group will have to be integrated within the citizenship regulation”. He had additionally issued a veiled caution to the BJP on the time, announcing a number of events within the BJP-led entrance have been unsatisfied with the way in which that they had been handled.

On the other hand, the Akali Dal, overdue final month declared that sure “misunderstandings” between the 2 events had been amicably resolved.

Because of the debatable citizenship regulation, Indian citizenship will likely be awarded at the foundation of faith for the primary time. The federal government says it’ll assist non-Muslim refugees from 3 Muslim-dominated neighbouring international locations in the event that they fled to India as a result of non secular persecution. Critics say the regulation violates secular tenets of the charter.