Sonia, PM, ministers 'accountable' for midnight crackdown: BJP
"Such an attack on peaceful supporters of Ramdev would not have been possible without political clearance at a very high level. The policemen have suffered, but what about political accountability?" BJP chief spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad asked.
He
said
the
BJP
holds
"not
only"
home
minister
Chidambaram
and
HRD
minister
Sibal
"accountable
and
responsible"
for
the
incident
but
also
Gandhi
and
the
Prime
Minister
"accountable"
for
it.
"(That
is)...because
her
party
and
the
government
have
sustained
a
campaign
against
Ramdev,
Anna
Hazare
and
Sri
Sri
Ravi
Shankar,"
he
alleged.
He said the apex court judgement "reinforces" that the UPA government is "repressive" against those who expose and try to protest against corruption.
"The earlier judgement on 2G further establishes that the UPA government is also corrupt...The 122 licences cancelled were granted through corruption and manipulation," the Rajya Sabha member said.
The apex court in its verdict on Thursday castigated the Delhi Police and the yoga guru for the midnight violent incident at the Ramlila Maidan last year and said it was a "glaring example of trust deficit" between the people and the government.
A bench of justice BS Chauhan and justice Swatanter Kumar said that incident showed might of the state which struck at the foundation of democracy.
PTI