“There should be no blame game”: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Delhi coaching centre incident

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 29 (ANI): Terming as “tragic” the deaths of three UPSC aspirants at an IAS Coaching Centre in West Delhi “tragic,” Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Monday said a “blame game” should not take place between the Aam Aadmi Party and Delhi LG VK Saxena.

On Saturday, July 27, three UPSC aspirants died after a basement in West Delhi’s Old Rajinder Nagar was flooded with water.

Following the tragedy, students staged protests, demanding justice from the government and action against illegally used basements. The incident has ignited a political blame game among various parties.

Addressing a press conference in Mumbai today, Raut said, “It was a very tragic incident. There should be no blame game. They (the AAP and Delhi LG) should think about why this incident happened? We will welcome if any representative from the government will hold talks with the protesting students but till now, no one from the government has gone to hold talks with the students.”

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi yesterday sealed seven properties and three basements for violating building by-laws in Karol Bagh Zone.

Sanjay Raut further attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that the PM worries about the world but does not care about the people of Manipur.

“PM Modi worries about the world. He is going to Ukraine but he did not go to Manipur to meet the protesting students,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader supported the recent NCP-SCP Chief statement on Manipur and accused the BJP of “spreading riots” before the Assembly elections in the State.

“Some people are trying to create a situation like Manipur in Maharashtra on the basis of caste and religion. Whatever Sharad Pawar has said is true and the BJP wants to spread riots before the Assembly elections,” he said.

Nationalist Congress Party (SCP) chief Pawar speaking at a public event in Navi Mumbai and said that the Government at the Centre has not attempted to contain the violence in Manipur and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not even felt the need to visit the north-eastern state to console people.

“After such a big crisis that has befallen a state (Manipur), it is the responsibility of the people ruling it to fight the crisis head-on, assure its people and try to bring unity to society and protect law and order. But today’s rulers have not even looked in that direction. After all this has happened in Manipur, the country’s Prime Minister does not feel the need to go there and console the people,” Pawar said in his address on Sunday.

Violence erupted in the northeastern state on May 3 last year following clashes during a rally organised by the All Tribals Students Union (ATSU) to protest against the demand for the inclusion of the Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribe category.