News Mania Desk / Piyal Chatterjee / 30th November 2024
Samajwadi Party MP Harendra Singh Malik said on Saturday that he does not trust the Police investigation currently happening in Sambhal violence and asked to have one “based on truth.”
Amid heightened security in Sambhal following stone pelting and violent clashes over mosque’s ASI survey, the Samajwadi Party MP told ANI, “We don’t have trust in the investigation being conducted in Sambhal by the state government and police. When the district administration is involved in the incident then the government should conduct investigation from other means also.”
When asked about the delegation being stopped from going to Sambhal area, he asked, “What is the ground reality? How did the incident on 24th November take place? We will keep the reality in front of the nation.”
He also said that he is ready to discuss the issue in Parliament too, if allowed by the government.
The MP added, “The Sambhal incident is very unfortunate. Along with this incident there is the Ajmer issue too. Afterall this where are we going? Where will we stop?”
Further discussing the party’s delegation, he stated that they do not want to exacerbate the sensitive situation in the area, and that if the district administration has an issue with the trip, they should also videotape the visit. “We will not do anything with which the situation in Sambhal will deteriorate…If they have any problem with our delegation visiting Sambhal they should conduct videography…If the administration allows us we will visit Sambhal,” MP Malik said.
Meanwhile, Party’s MLA in Uttar Pradesh, Ravidas Mehrotra accused the Sambhal District Magistrate and the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of being involved and responsible for the ongoing tensions in the area.
“DM and SSP are themselves involved and responsible. They are scaring people and not allowing them to come out of their houses. We are currently in conversation. Others are also coming. If we are stopped from going there, we will sit on a protest. We want to maintain peace,” Ravidas Mehrotra told ANI.
Earlier, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), claiming that imposing limitations was a failure of the BJP government. He claimed that the authorities should have restrained those who planned to provoke riots and shouted “frenzied” chants.Tensions in Sambhal have remained high after the confrontations on November 19, following a court-ordered ASI survey of the Jama Masjid. On Saturday, security in the region remains heightened.
The survey was conducted in response to a petition filed in local court by some individuals alleging that the mosque’s location was once a Harihar temple.
