New Delhi: Union minister VK Singh’s remarks on Faridabad killing are “visible” signs of emergence of cultural “fascism” in the country under the Narendra Modi regime, CPI today alleged. The former army chief today said the Centre cannot be blamed if somebody throws stone at dog as he tried to defend the government over Faridabad Dalit burning incident. “We strongly condemn this statement by Singh. hat is happening in this country? Earlier, Modi had made puppy remark in connection with Gujarat riots and now Singh… this shows fascist character of these people.
“It is height of not only intolerance, but it is a visible sign of how cultural fascism is emerging,” CPI national secretary D Raja said. In an interview to Reuters in 2013, Modi, then Chief Minister of Gujarat, had stated that he had done “absolutely the right thing” during the 2002 riots in the state. “Another thing, any person if we are driving a car, we are a driver, and someone else is driving a car and we’re sitting behind, even then if a puppy comes under the wheel, will be painful or not? Of course, it is. If I’m a chief minister or not, I’m a human being. If something bad happens anywhere, it is natural to be sad,” he had said.
Speaking in connection with the Faridabad incident in Ghaziabad today, Singh stated that local incidents should never be associated with Central Government and added that an inquiry is going on into the incident.
“There was a dispute between families. The dispute…how did it turn out…where did the administration fail, after these it come to the Centre.
“For everything…like if somebody throws a stone at a dog, then the government is responsible…it is not like that,” the Minister of State for External Affairs said. Singh, however, later clarified his statement was not intended to draw an analogy between the Faridabad incident and stoning of a dog.
“My statement wasn’t intended 2draw an analogy. My men & Iput our lives on the line 4the nation irrespective of caste, creed & religion,” he tweeted. “As citizens of this gr8 nation v r sensitive but also responsible. Agenda of India is bigger than any single neighbourhood or individual,” he said in another tweet.
