Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday lauded the Delhi Police for “controlling the Delhi riots within 36 hours” and informed the Lok Sabha that the Centre plans to attach the properties of all those who indulged in arson and rioting.
Calling it a well-planned conspiracy, Mr. Shah in his reply to the debate on Delhi riots in the Lok Sabha said the government would take such strict actions against the rioters in Delhi “that they would serve as a lesson for future.” None will be spared, irrespective of religion, caste or party affiliation, he said.
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Amidst a walkout by the Congress members, the Home Minister targeted the party, pointing out that anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protests started in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh a day after a ‘provocative speech’ by the Congress president at Ram Lila Maidan. He, however, didn’t take Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s name.
Recalling former Prime Minister Rajiv Gan