Amit Shah ‘Weakest Home Minister of India’: Congress   

The Congress party blamed the Modi government for the tractor rally violence that unfolded after police and the agitating farmers clashed with each other on January 26.  Slamming Home Minister Amit Shah for the intelligence failure, Congress said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should sack the home minister.

Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said that instead of booking farmer leaders, home minister Amit Shah should be sacked for the violence that took place on Republic Day.

“Home Minister Amit Shah should be sacked for the failure of law and order and intelligence. The government is filing of cases against Kisan Morcha leaders by not against the elements who are responsible for the violence. This exposes the connivance and conspiracy of the Modi government-miscreants,” Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said at a press conference in New Delhi on Jan 27.

“This is the second time in less than a year that under Shri Amit Shah’s leadership national capital of Delhi has been pushed to the brink of unabated, unchecked, uncontrolled violence. Did Shri Amit Shah and Intelligence Agencies not know about the open declaration over the last 24 - 48 hours by these violent and anti social elements, who segregated themselves from the farmers and expressed their desire that they are going to, go up to the Red Fort, what was Shri Amit Shah doing? Was he sleeping? What were the Intelligence Agencies doing? Were they sleeping?” Surjewala asked.

Meanwhile, as many as 37 farmer leaders, including Rakesh Tikait, Yogendra Yadav, Darshan Pal and Gurnam Singh Chaduni, have been named in an FIR in connection with the violence during the tractor parade that left 300 police personnel injured.

Delhi Police said that 22 FIRs have been filed and around 200 people detained. Multiple videos and CCTV footage are being scanned to identify those involved in the violence and strict action will be taken against the culprits