Opposition leaders on Wednesday targeted Home Minister Amit Shah for the failure of the Delhi police to immediately control the riots , with several of them of asking for his resignation and many parties including the Congress demanding a judicial inquiry into the violence.
The BJP hit back by alleging a well-orchestrated conspiracy behind the riots and blamed the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests for escalating the situation.
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Initiating the debate, Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury wondered how violence could not be contained for three days in the capital when India could carry out an air strike across the border and blamed BJP leaders like Union Minister Anurag Thakur, Pravesh Verma and Kapil Mishra for spreading communal hatred.
Referring to the transfer of Justice S. Muralidhar, the Congress leader said the government carried out “midnight surgical st