Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday said the BJP should clarify its stand on its alleged links with the accused in the murder of a tailor in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, and wondered whether the incident was a conspiracy to incite communal violence.
On Saturday, the Congress had alleged that the main accused in the Kanhaiya Lal murder case in Udaipur was a member of the BJP. However, the BJP had dismissed the claim as "baseless".
Responding to a query on the Udaipur incident, Mr. Baghel told reporters in Raipur, "No civilized society will accept the barbaric incident of murder in Udaipur. I strongly condemn this. I have demanded that the accused be punished at the earliest..." "But another angle has come to the fore in the incident. The BJP should tell about its connection with the accused. It is viral on social media that the party has links with the accused. BJP should clarify it. Is this a conspiracy to incite communal riots? Who are the conspirators of the incident? This is a matter of investigation," he added.
