Rioters will be hung upside down if ....: Amit Shah after violence in Sasaram and Biharsharif

Hisua, April 3: Launching a scathing attack on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the communal flareup in Sasaram and Biharsharif, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said if the BJP came to power in the state, it would "hang rioters upside down".

 

 

"Sasaram mein aag lagi hai, Biharsharif mein aag lagi hai. Purn bahumat se hamari sarkar banaiye, dangaiyon ko ulta latka denge. Hamare shashan mein dange nahi hote (Sasaram is on fire, Biharsharif is on fire. Give the BJP full majority (in the 2025 Assembly polls) and we would hang rioters upside down. Riots don’t take place under our rule)," Shah said, addressing a public meeting in Hisua as part of the BJP’s campaign in all Lok Sabha seats in the run-up to the 2024 general elections.

 

 

Shah, who was supposed to visit Sasaram had to cancel his scheduled trip because of the communal tension, said, "It is very unfortunate that I had to cancel my visit to Sasram today to take part in the birthday anniversary celebration of Samrat Ashok. People are being attacked in Sasaram." He, however, said he would visit Sasaram soon to attend a function on the Mauryan emperor.

 

Further, Shah targeted the JD(U) for questioning his telephone call to the Bihar Governor to take stock of the law and order situation following clashes during a Ram Navami procession in the town on March 31. "JD (U) national president Lalan Singh has taken exception to my call to the Bihar Governor after the latest happenings. I am also the country’s Home Minister and have the right to take stock of the law and order situation in the state," he said.

 

 

Internet services were suspended in several districts of Bihar, including Nalanda and Sasaram till April 4 following the Ram Navami violence that left several people injured, including six with bullet injuries. Section 144 (prohibitory orders) were also imposed in Nalanda and Sasaram.

 

A total of 10 companies of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) have been sent to Bihar after violent clashes as security has been beefed up following the re-eruption of clashes in the region that erupted on March 31 in Nalanda's Biharsharif and Sasaram in Rohtas district in Bihar.