The second part of the Budget session of Parliament beginning on Monday is expected to start on a stormy note as the Congress will make a fresh demand for the resignation of Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the ‘inaction’ by the Delhi police.
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The second half of the Budget session, meeting again after it went for a recess on February 11, will continue till April 3.
The Congress is likely to submit adjournment motion notices in both Houses of Parliament asking for a debate over the Delhi riots that left 42 dead so far and over 250 injured.
To seek accountability
Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said the party would seek accountability from the Centre as to how violence was allowed to erupt and how could it go on for days without being checked.
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“We will continue to raise the demand of Home Minister Amit Shah’s resignation on the floor of the House. It is a disastrous failure of the government and there was mayhem all around. Somebody has to be held accountable,” Mr. Chowdhury told The Hindu.
“When Delhi was burning, the Home Minister was extending hospitality to [U.S.] President [Donald] Trump. He cannot skirt responsibility as it has tarnished our image globally,” Mr. Chowdhury said.
He said the fact that the Delhi police, considered a better police force, could not control pointed to “some sort of nexus between the rioters and a section of police officials.”
Congress president Sonia Gandhi had informally met senior party leaders on Saturday to discuss strategy for the Parliament session. On Thursday she had met President Ram Nath Kovind and urged him to remove Mr. Shah.
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The Congress Working Committee had also deliberated on the issue last week and passed a resolution demanding answers from both the Central and Delhi governments. The CWC urged the people of Delhi to “reject the politics of hate.”
Delegation set up
Ms. Gandhi formed a delegation comprising All India Congress Committee general secretary Mukul Wasnik, AICC in-charge for Delhi Shaktisinh Gohil, Haryana Congress chief Kumari Selja, former MP Tariq Anwar and Mahila Congress chief Sushmita Dev to visit the riot-hit areas and submit a report.
