Noida: Even as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav, gets ready to face a confidence vote in the state Assembly, the prime accused in the Nithari serial killings, Moninnder Singh Pandher, was attacked by angry lawyers and locals outside a Ghaziabad courtroom - highlighting another incidence of the state of lawlessness in UP.
The Congress - which has been baying for Mulayam's blood since they withdrew support to his government - are using the incident to highlight the seriousness of the situation in the state.
The incident could mean serious repercussions on the political status in UP.
Speaking to CNN-IBN after Moninder Singh was roughed up by locals and lawyers outside a Ghaziabad courtroom, President UPCC, Salman Khursheed said, "A mockery has been made out of the vote of confidence and of the reality that Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has been perpetrating in the state of Uttar Pradesh."
He said that however heinous the crime, kangaroo justice could not be allowed in.
"This is a complete failure of law and order in the state. The police first failed to prevent the crime and the ghastly killings of innocent children and now they failed to prevent this incident. I hope something like this does not happen to Mulayam Singh Yadav when he visits one of the areas where the poeple affected from the lawlessness in UP live."
He added that the Congress would raise the question of lawlessness both on behalf of the victims, who have been at the receiving end of the ghoulish murders and the accused, who were at the receiving end of public ire.
Mulayam is a hypocrite: Salman Khursheed
"Mulayam Singh Yadav represents the complete failure of law and order in the state of UP. The two accused deserve a fair trial and not Mulayam style justice - shooting and killing without a trial."
Salman Khursheed said, "The fact that these criminals and murderers thrived under the rule of Mulayam Singh Yadav shows that he is a bigger hypocrite than I thought he was."
This is the final proof of the breakdown of law and order and the breakdown of Constitutional machinery in the state.
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The Congress has criticised Mulayam Singh saying that he has the time to go and meet Amitabh Bachchan, but has no time to visit Nithari village.
However, despite all their criticism, the Congress is not ready for the imposition of President's rule in the state as they do not want a repeat of what happened in Jharkhand.
Meanwhile, BJP MP, Ashok Pradhan too joined the Congress in critising the Samajwadi Party. "The incident shows complete faliure of the government There is absolutely no law and order in the state," he said.
In response to all the allegations against the state government, Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh said, "Sonia Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee are conspiring to embarrass Mulayam Singh Yadav. The UP government is sad about Nithari, but the issue should not be politicised."
Mulayam's loss, Mayawati's gain
Experts feel that one person who would be gaining the most from this incident would be BSP supremo Mayawati, especially since caste politics are already in her favour.
Despite the fact that she has been avoiding the media for some time now, she is sure to bounce back using the security issue to boost her party before the state elections.
No one will criticise the public just a few months before the elections. The whole blame is bound to fall on the police and the state government by default - something that Mayawati's BSP will use to its full advantage.
CBI's take
The CBI has said that the incident is unacceptable and that the state machinery has a lot to answer for.
"This is an unfortunate incident. It is the responsibility of the investigating agency and the state government to protect those in their custody," said CBI Director Vijay Shankar.
Former CBI director, Joginder Singh has said that though action should certainly be taken against those who roughed up Moninder.
However, he added, "The question here is, how will evidence against those who were a part of the mob be produced? No one is going to come forward and claim that they beat up Moninder and the popular public perception is that of utter revulsion against the two accused so no one else is also going to come forward and name people."
"I doubt any evidence would be found against those who roughed up Moninder," he said.
There was complete lack of preparation for any untoward incident outside the courtroom on the part of the police. However, Joginder Singh justified this saying, "These things have never happened before - except in the case of gang wars in Mumbai - therefore there are no special drills or preparations that may be done before an accused is taken to and from the court."
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