By Mudassir Kuloo
Srinagar, Apr 14: Under fire for attending a rally in support of the Kathua rape and murder accused, Chowdhary Lal Singh on Saturday said that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti should have resigned for the Kathua incident.
A day after he and Chander Prakash Ganga tendered their resignations, Singh said: “We resigned on moral grounds. We did not want to let down our Prime Minister and our party President Amit Shah because negative campaign was launched against us.”
“Why there was no action when the eight-year-old girl went missing? Chief Minister should have resigned as she is heading the Home Department. If a train accident happens, the railway minister resigns. Similarly, the Home Minister should have resigned when the incident took place,” Singh said.
He added that people of Jammu want CBI enquiry into the Kathua incident.
“We went to the Hindu Ekta Manch rally on directives of party leadership. Geelani said there should be no CBI probe, does that mean that separatists will dictate to Chief Minister?” he asked.
He claimed a “perception and confusion was created that BJP was supporting the accused”.
“We went there as people were being terrorized. We wanted to defuse the tension,” he said.
Ganga said that Congress and media had created a perception that there was “no justice to daughters”. “It was a conspiracy to defame BJP. We do no politics for the chair. I support lakhs of people who demand CBI probe. I can fight against the party and will also meet Prime Minister,” he said adding there was “no pressure on them to resign neither were they we made scapegoats”.
