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Oppn demands Amit Shah's resignation for 'failing' to control Delhi riots

Chowdhury sought resignation of Shah, a demand echoed by TMC's Saugata Roy and N K Premchandran of RSP.

Home Minister Amit Shah
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BJP members alleged that the violence was a pre-planned conspiracy and the home minister and authorities took pro- active steps to control the situation

Press Trust of India
The Opposition in Lok Sabha on Wednesday demanded the resignation of Home Minister Amit Shah for failing to contain the violence in Delhi for nearly three days, even as the BJP accused the Opposition of politicising the situation to further its narrow interests.
 
As the government came under attack from the Opposition during the debate on the recent communal riots in the national capital that have claimed over 50 lives, the BJP members alleged that the violence was a pre-planned conspiracy and the home minister and authorities took pro- active steps to control the situation. The ruling party said

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