‘Devils Advocate’: TMC MP Saugata Roy to Meenakshi Lekhi for defending Anurag Thakur and Kapil Mishra

Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament Saugata Roy called Meenakshi Lekhi ‘Devil’s Advocate’ for defending Kapil Mishra and Anurag Thakur over Delhi Violence.

“Sir, I was listening to one of the Honourable Members (Meenakshi Lekhi). Her speech, if made outside, could be termed as a hate speech. I have seldom heard such a biased, communal speech. I do not know whether this should go up in the House records. The Member was forthright in her defence of a man who went to Maujpur with 300 people and started the riots. She spent five minutes defending the most hated man so may I quote Shakespeare and call her ‘the devil’s advocate’. She is the best devil’s advocate possible. She has also been an advocate for Delhi Police, which has shown total inaction and ineptitude in this whole riot in Delhi. Unfortunately, there are not many takers for Meenakshi ji’s speech. ,” he added.

Earlier while speaking during a discussion on the Delhi violence BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi claimed that BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma were being wrongly blamed for incitement.

“Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma were blamed for Delhiviolence. Anurag and Verma made comments on January 20 and January 28 respectively, while the violence started on Feb 23. Kapil Mishra was held responsible for acts of Amanatullah Khan, Sharjeel Imam and Tahir Hussain, said Meenakshi Lekhi