The former army chief today said the Centre cannot be blamed if somebody throws stone at dog as he tried to defend the government over Faridabad Dalit burning incident.
"Most unfortunate statement by Gen Vijay Kumar Singh, Period," TMC national spokesperson and party's leader in Rajya Sabha Derek o' Brien said in a statement.
"See, the thing is, never associate local incidents with the Central government (sarkar). There is an inquiry going on. Here was a dispute between families. The dispute... How did it turn out... Where did the administration fail, after these it come to the Centre," Derek said.
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