A little over two weeks after Delhi was rocked by the worst communal violence in decades, killing more than 50 people and leaving India’s n...
A little over two weeks after Delhi was rocked by the worst communal violence in decades, killing more than 50 people and leaving India’s national capital on edge, Home Minister Amit Shah finally addressed the issue in Parliament.
Speaking at the end of a discussion on the violence in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, Shah claimed that this could not have happened without a “well-planned conspiracy”. He went on to commend the Delhi Police for taking 36 hours to bring an end to the violence even though the force has been roundly criticised for its failures and even alleged to have been complicit in the attacks.
The violence began on February 23 after clashes between protesters against the Citizenship Act amendments who had occupied a stretch of a key road in North East Delhi and a pro-government mob that had been encouraged to take to the streets by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kapil Mishra. By the time the peace had been established on February 26, there had been large-scale violence, looting and arson – disproprtionately targeted against Muslims. Fifty three people died in the violence and the lives of many more were disrupted.
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