Khattar should be sacked for 'transcended failure of governance': Tharoor

August 26, 2017 15:18

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor today said Haryana Chief Minister M L Khattar should be sacked for his government's "complete failure" in controlling the violence following Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's conviction in a rape case.

There has been a "transcended failure of governance", the Congress leader said, a day after a Panchkula court's guilty verdict against the Dera Sacha Sauda chief triggered widespread violence in which 31 people were killed.

The Haryana government's inability to maintain law and order in a situation of predictable chaos was to be blamed, Tharoor said.

"The lack of management of predictable crowd violence, where anyone could see people gathering with weapons in advance of the verdict is the major reason behind what has happened," Tharoor said.

"Ultimately it is the chief minister and his cabinet who are responsible for the law and order situation in the state. It is a complete failure of the government and the CM should be sacked for it," he added.

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