"The state government did not fulfil its responsibility seriously.... No state government representative went there," he said, adding that it was only after the announcement of visit by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav paid a visit.
Expressing regret over the role of BJP leader Hukum Singh whom he termed as a “good friend”, Ramesh said Muzaffarnagar riots were a blot on the Akhilesh Yadav administration.
"He cannot run away from his responsibility. People wanted the young Chief Minister to do something for the state, but it is unfortunate that after the Muzaffarnagar violence they cannot take him seriously," the Union minister said.
Stating that the coming elections would be a contest between Congress and RSS ideology, he said BJP was just a frontal organisation of RSS and in the past few days its hold on the party had been seen.
Saying that the BJP is just building up hype that it would achieve the majority mark of 272 seats in Lok Sabha polls, Ramesh asked, "How it would be possible when direct fight with the BJP is just limited to six to seven states and in others it is with regional parties."
