Kerala House beef row: Rajnath placates Chandy, says ready to express regret
On the Kerala House beef row, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that he is willing to express his regret to Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy.
IndiaToday.in | New Delhi, October 29, 2015
Rajnath Singh.
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Two days after the Delhi Police raid on Kerala House over beef exploded into a full blown war between the Kerala government and the Centre, Home Minister
Rajnath Singh on Thursday finally broke his silence and
said he was willing to express his regret to Kerala Chief Minister Oomen Chandy. Singh said that he would meet Chandy after his return from poll-bound Bihar.
In an exclusive interview to India Today, the Home Minister said,
"I have advised Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi to take stringent action against Hindu Sena leader Vishnu Gupta and have asked Bassi and his team to be careful while acting out on such complaints in future."
Gupta had made the call that led to the Kerala House raid on Monday. After receiving the complaint, nearly 20 police officials went to the guest on Monday evening to verify if the canteen at the state guest house was serving beef.
Rajnath's response has come right after Chandy's angry letter to the Home Ministry, expressing disapproval over the entry of Delhi cops inside Kerala House without prior permission. Chandy said the cops had no right to do so without informing the state's Resident Commissioner.
Kerala House had to remove beef curry from its menu after Gupta's complaint, which was put back on the table on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Rajnath also launched a blistering attack on filmmakers, scientists, artists and authors who have returned their honours in protest against growing intolerance and violence. "Their actions reek of a devious political conspiracy," he said, adding, "Any award with the Ashoka emblem on it was a national honour and to return it was to dishonour the nation and not the present government."
Several eminent writers and professionals are returning their awards to protest against the growing intolerance and violence in the society. Singh attacked the protesters for remaining silent when thousands of people died in the riots under the Congress regime.
On Dadri and Karnataka incidents, in which a Muslim man was lynched to death by a mob over rumours of consuming beef, and emminent Kannada rationalist MM Kalburgi was murdered outside his residence respectively, Rajnath said as a Home Minister, he could not intervene in law and order problems in the states "even if he wanted to".
The Home Minister also tried to shield Modi from the attacks over Dadri and other incidents. "Even if our opponents want to blame someone, they should be targeting me. What does PM Modi have to do with the law and order of states? It is completely unfair to attack Modi and to try to link the PM with these incidents," he told India Today.
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