Defying Uttar Pradesh government’s order, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi will visit Saharanpur today and according to reports the Gandhi scion has left for his visit to the riot-hit city. Earlier he was denied the permission to visit the city by the state police. Slamming the opposition after Rahul was denied to visit riot-hit Saharanpur, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had asserted that the former is a master in political tourism and photo ops.
“If Rahul Gandhi wants to do a political tourism and wants to do photo ops, which he is known for, then certainly the administration will not give him permission and we have seen that recently the permission was given to Mayawati but the situation worsened there. It was not the fault of the administration but on the leaders who go there like Mayawati- who made an aggressive pitch and that worsened the situation,” BJP leader and Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Siddharth Nath Singh said.
Singh further stated that Yogi Adityanath-led government in Uttar Pradesh will decide whether it would allow political tourism or not.
Rahul Gandhi leaves for Saharanpur from his residence in Delhi pic.twitter.com/2k29EmaDUE
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Resonating similar views, another BJP leader S Prakash stated that playing politics in Saharanpur will only add fire to the situation.
After being denied permission to visit riot-hit Saharanpur, Gandhi yesterday vented his ire on the Centre while saying that latter is adopting the policy of ‘divide and distract’ as they have failed to deliver their promises. “When they fail to deliver they divide & distract. But anger and hatred will not convert into jobs or solutions,” Rahul said in a tweet.
Rahul was denied permission to visit Saharanpur where a caste conflict had erupted in which many Dalits were allegedly targeted.
Clashes occurred on Tuesday after Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati’s visit to Saharanpur, where one person was killed and several others were injured. The state government also announced to give compensation of Rs 15 lakh to relatives of the person, who was killed during this incident.
On May 5, one person was killed and 16 people, including a head constable, were injured in clashes between the Dalits and the Rajputs in Shabbirpur and Simlana villages.
–With ANI inputs
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