An uneasy calm prevailed on Sunday in violence-hit Saharanpur, where 38 people were arrested, as a political blame game erupted with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accusing the Samajwadi Party of "vote-bank politics"and the Congress blasting the Uttar Pradesh government for "lapses".
Curfew and shoot-at-sight orders remained in force for a second day in the wake of clashes between two communities over a land dispute, with some indulging in arson. Saharanpur District Magistrate Sandhya Tiwari said, "The situation is moving towards normalcy", adding, three persons were killed in the violence that left 33 injured.
BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain said, "The UP government has completely failed to run the administration. The people ruling the state themselves want that there is communal tension, so that they do vote-bank politics. "BJP wants amity and peace. Every person has the right to worship and nobody has the right to interfere in that. But Akhilesh Yadav's government is weak on every front. A message has gone that there is nothing called government. Whenever there are such tense situations, the government proves to be incompetent." Blaming the local authorities for an "administrative lapse", Congress leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi said if a court judgement on the issue and police help was sought by one side, it was the responsibility of the officials to find a solution by making both sides understand that the court order must be implemented.
Curfew and shoot-at-sight orders remained in force for a second day in the wake of clashes between two communities over a land dispute, with some indulging in arson. Saharanpur District Magistrate Sandhya Tiwari said, "The situation is moving towards normalcy", adding, three persons were killed in the violence that left 33 injured.
BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain said, "The UP government has completely failed to run the administration. The people ruling the state themselves want that there is communal tension, so that they do vote-bank politics. "BJP wants amity and peace. Every person has the right to worship and nobody has the right to interfere in that. But Akhilesh Yadav's government is weak on every front. A message has gone that there is nothing called government. Whenever there are such tense situations, the government proves to be incompetent." Blaming the local authorities for an "administrative lapse", Congress leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi said if a court judgement on the issue and police help was sought by one side, it was the responsibility of the officials to find a solution by making both sides understand that the court order must be implemented.