Cannot Get Away by Saying Statements Were Misconstrued: Rajnath
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh asked Cabinet ministers, BJP leaders to exercise caution while issuing statements.
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Home Minister Rajnath Singh disapproved of the controversial comments made by the Cabinet ministers and other BJP leaders, saying extra caution has to be taken by those who are in power.
He said this in the wake of statements made by Union Ministers VK Singh and Kiren Rijiju on two separate issues.
Singh found himself at the centre of a row over comments that the Centre cannot be blamed if somebody throws a stone at a dog in connection with the Faridabad Dalit burning incident in which two children were killed.
Rijiju, the Minister of State for Home, had said a few days back that he agreed with a former Lt Governor of Delhi who had once remarked that north Indians “take pride in and enjoy” breaking rules.
Singh said his ministerial colleagues – Minister of State for External Affairs Minister Gen (retd) Singh and Rijiju – had already given clarifications over their statement and that matters should come to an end.
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