New Delhi: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday termed the recent violence in Bihar and West Bengal a conspiracy by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said the riots are taking place where the saffron party is ‘weak’. Speaking to media, the Rajya Sabha MP also hit out at Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who at a rally in Bihar on Sunday had vowed to ‘hang upside down’ the rioters if the BJP came to power in the state.
Sanjay Raut’s statements came after violence broke out in Bihar’s Sasaram and Bihar Sharif, and West Bengal’s Hooghly and Howrah districts during Ram Navami processions.
“This is a BJP-manufactured conspiracy. These riots are happening at places where BJP is weak and where it can lose in 2024,” Raut said.
“Union Home Minister had asserted that all the rioters will be hung upside down (‘ulta latka denge’) when his government comes to power in Bihar. Who are you waiting for when there is currently your government at the Centre,” he added.
