Tractor rally violence: Arrogance of Central govt led to deteriorating situation in Delhi, says Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday condemned the violence during a tractor rally taken out by farmers in Delhi as national shame which stained their protest against the new agri laws, but said the Centre, too, will have to take responsibility for the developments.

Interacting with media persons here, Raut said it is the arrogance of the central government which has led to the deteriorating situation in Delhi and asked it to introspect as to why the law and order in the national capital collapsed.

Raut said resignations would have been demanded had such violence erupted on some other partys watch at the Centre.

Without naming the BJP, he asked whose resignation the ruling party will now seek and sarcastically said if it will pitch for US President Joe Biden, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi or Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to step down after the violence.

What happened in Delhi, what I am seeing, I call it a national shame, Raut said. It was the responsibility of the government to resolve the issue and stop the tractor rally if the government knew that the farmers may lose their patience, Raut said.

Such a black day would not have dawned had the government tried to understand the sentiments of farmers in time and withdrawn the new laws, Raut added.

But it is not only one party which is responsible for it. The government, too, will have to take responsibility for it, he added.

The government should accept the demands of farmers (of scrapping the new laws). But you want the situation in the country to deteriorate.

"You dont want peace to prevail. You want to deliberately create an Emergency-like atmosphere, he alleged.