Congress top brass, including party interim president Sonia Gandhi, met President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday and sought normalcy and peace in violence-hit Delhi.
The Congress delegation, including Manmohan Singh, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Ahmed Patel and Randeep Surjewala, also submitted a memorandum to the president.
Delhi: A delegation from the Indian National Congress led by Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh called on President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. @INCIndia pic.twitter.com/bPRzSKJrjh
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Briefing to the media after submitting the memorandum to President, Sonia Gandhi said: “We call upon you (President) to ensure that life, liberty, & property of citizens are preserved. We also reiterate that you should immediately call for the removal of the Home Minister for his inability to contain violence.”
#SoniaGandhi after submitting a memorandum to President: We call upon you (President) to ensure that life, liberty, & property of citizens are preserved. We also reiterate that you should immediately call for the removal of the Home Minister for his inability to contain violence. pic.twitter.com/fOVEEcw9TG
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She also said that the central government and the Delhi government have been mute spectators to violence in the national capital over controversial citizenship law.
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Besides, former PM and veteran party leader Manmohan Singh said the Delhi violence is a matter of national shame.
“We called upon President to suggest to him that what has happened in last 4 days in Delhi is a matter of great concern and a matter of national shame in which at least 34 people have died and 200 people are injured, it is a reflection on the total failure of the central government,” he said.
Dr. #ManmohanSingh: We called upon President to suggest to him that what has happened in last 4 days in Delhi is a matter of great concern&a matter of national shame in which at least 34 people have died&200 people are injured, it is a reflection on total failure of Central Govt. pic.twitter.com/vKLutVG045
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In the violence-hit Delhi, the death toll rose to 34 on Thursday.