Asked whether the Centre will consider demand that President's rule should be imposed in the Samajwadi Party-ruled state, he said “the President's rule and all these issue are larger dimensions which I can not just comment on that”.
In a strongly-worded message to the Akhilesh Yadav government, the Minister said that “the kind of situation which we see in Uttar Pradesh must be dealt by the state government.”
“There is nothing that we can take suo motu action because we have to have faith on the state agencies. And the expectation on the part of the MHA is that the action must be prompt,” he said.
When asked about Yadav's comment against media for highlighting cases occurring in UP, Rijiju said, “such shameful incidents should not be seen by numbers. Even one such incident shouldn't take place.”
“Why can't such incidents be prevented?” the Minister asked.
Amid nation-wide outrage over the Badaun gangrape and murder incident, Yadav had said yesterday that “I have said this several times that incidents of the state are publicised more. Such incidents do not happen in UP alone”.
