New Delhi : BJP leaders lambasted the Congress government in Rajasthan on Tuesday over the killing of a tailor allegedly to avenge an insult to Islam, and claimed the state was on the way to become a “Talibani” region under its rule.
Kanhaiya Lal, the tailor, was killed at his shop in Udaipur. One of the assailants, who was identified as Riyaz, attacked Lal with a cleaver while the other recorded the crime on his mobile phone.
The killing has triggered communal tension a curfew was declared till further orders in seven police station areas in the city.
Hitting out at the Ashok Gehlot-led government in the state, BJP leader and MP Rajyavardhan Rathore said, “Rajasthan is on the way to become a Talibani state under Congress rule. The appeasement of Muslims by Congress has increased the audacity of the jihadis to such an extent that they are openly killing Hindus and threatening the prime minister.” Holding the Gehlot government responsible for this “dastardly” incident in Udaipur, Rathore said this anarchy is the result of the authorities giving relaxation to miscreants from a particular religion.
Also Read Udaipur Horror: Two arrested for beheading tailor; curfew imposed Stating that this incident is an outcome of the “appeasement” which has crossed all limits in Rajasthan, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said there was a atmosphere of animosity in the state.
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