New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday broke his silence on Dadri lynching case and controversy involving Pakistani ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali and termed both the incidents as unfortunate.
Unfazed by the opposition attack, the Prime Minister in an interview to a newspaper, said that the responsibility does not lie with his government.
"Dadri and Ghulam Ali incidents are unfortunate, but Central government is not responsible for them."
On September 28, 50-year-old Mohammad Akhlaq was lynched and his son was grievously injured over rumours that his family has consumed beef in Dadri's Bishada village, Uttar Pradesh.
In major embarrassment for the Bharatiya Janata Party, its ally Shiv Sena threatened to disrupt Ghulam Ali's concert in Mumbai which led to its cancellation. Ever after assurances from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the organisers were scared to go ahead with the concert.
The PM has been accused of being silent not only on the gruesome murder in Dadri but also on the attack on writer Kalburgi as well ORF's Sudheendra Kulkarni and the cancellation of Ghulam Ali concert.
Dismissing opposition's accusations of being silent on these issues, the Prime Minister said, "The BJP never supports such incidents. The opposition accuses BJP of communal politics everytime but actually they are the ones indulging in it."
Modi claimed that the parties indulging in this do not want social development as the poor are votebank for them. "In the past similar debate has taken place. BJP has always stood for secular and inclusive growth. It's sad that today the communalism bogey has been raised again today. The only way to solve this is through dialogue."
His remarks assume significance as Bihar elections are underway and these polls are litmus test for the BJP after a massive mauling in the Delhi Assembly elections in February. These polls will also set a tone for the upcoming polls.
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