{"id":25486,"date":"2017-08-30T19:17:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T13:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=25486"},"modified":"2017-08-30T19:19:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T13:49:50","slug":"we-acted-with-restraint-did-nothing-wrong-khattar-on-dera-violence-in-panchkula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/we-acted-with-restraint-did-nothing-wrong-khattar-on-dera-violence-in-panchkula\/","title":{"rendered":"We acted with restraint, did nothing wrong: Khattar on Dera violence in Panchkula"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amid calls for his resignation and severe reprimands from the Punjab and Haryana High Court over his government\u2019s abject failure in controlling the violence by Dera Sacha Sauda followers last week and it \u201ccomplete collusion\u201d with the rioters, a brazen Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that those seeking his ouster can keep doing so because his government did nothing wrong.<\/p>\n

Khattar, who was on New Delhi\u00a0on Wednesday, to meet BJP national president Amit Shah <\/a>rejected the calls for his resignation in the wake of the Dera Sacha Sauda violence, saying his government reacted befittingly to the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe acted with restraint to execute the court\u2019s orders and we succeeded in achieving our objective,\u201d Khattar told reporters after meeting Shah.<\/p>\n

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With his party standing firmly behind him despite the obvious lapses of his government that allowed rioters to unleash violence across Haryana minutes after Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted by a CBI special court in Panchkula<\/a>\u00a0on Friday\u00a0for raping two of his followers back in 2002, Khattar remained defiant on the question of his resignation.<\/p>\n

\u201cJo maangta hai, vo maangta rahe. Humne apna kaam acchi tarah kiya tha<\/em>\u00a0(Whoever is asking for my resignation, can keep doing so. We did our work well),\u201d Khattar said. \u201cWe are satisfied with our actions. Whatever we did was right. Now there is peace in Haryana,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n

Khattar submitted a report to Shah on the violence that erupted on August 25 after rapist godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh <\/a>was convicted. The violence that had spread to neighbouring states of Punjab, Delhi and Rajasthan had claimed 38 lives \u2013 all in Khattar\u2019s state \u2013 while property worth crores of rupees was burnt down by the arsonists in these states.<\/p>\n

The Punjab and Haryana High Court <\/a>had come down heavily not just on Khattar and his government, which it said was in \u201ccomplete collusion\u201d with Dera followers for its \u201cown political gains\u201d but the judges had even reprimanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi \u2013 telling the Centre\u2019s law officer that Modi is \u201cPrime Minister of India and not just the BJP\u201d.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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