<p>Demanding Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into Republic Day violence, the Congress on Monday alleged that the government had sent "vandals" to Red Fort to "desecrate" the monument and defame the ongoing farmers' agitation. <br /><br />"With such a strong Home Minister like Amit Shah, how can some people reach the Red Fort, that too on January 26 when the highest level of security was in place in Delhi," Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said. <br /><br />Participating in the debate on the motion thanking the President for his address to Parliament, he said, "Why isn't there a proper investigation into it. It is actually a big, well-planned conspiracy to defame the farmers. The fact is that you have sent some vandals to the Red Fort to create vandalism. Forces within the government are behind it."<br /><br />He also demanded JPC probe into the alleged TRP scam and purported chats of a television anchor that have allegedly been linked to Balakot airstrikes.<br /><br />"You want to create a rift between Punjab and other states," he claimed in the House when Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi were in attendance.<br /><br />Chowdhury likened the current situation in Delhi with Kabul, Baghdad and Syria, saying that barricades, barbed wire and nails have been put in and around the sites of the farmer protests at Delhi''s borders.<br /><br />Chowdhury alleged that the central government had earlier conspired against the Muslims and now against the farmers.<br /><br />"We should not be afraid of debate. Dissent, disagreement and dialogue are the hallmarks of our civilisation. Mahatma Gandhi had once said farmers are the kings. Given a chance, I would make a farmer the Governor-General," he said.<br /><br />Taking a dig at BJP leaders, Chowdhury said that it is one thing to take someone''s name and it is another matter to practically follow his idealogy.<br /><br />"The BJP is bereft of any national icon. You are borrowing the national icons. There is nothing wrong in borrowing. But try to understand and comprehend these icons. You often take the name of Netaji (Subhash Chandra Bose). But why not take the names of (Jawaharlal) Nehru or Indira Gandhi. This reflects your pettiness," he claimed. </p>
<p>Demanding Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into Republic Day violence, the Congress on Monday alleged that the government had sent "vandals" to Red Fort to "desecrate" the monument and defame the ongoing farmers' agitation. <br /><br />"With such a strong Home Minister like Amit Shah, how can some people reach the Red Fort, that too on January 26 when the highest level of security was in place in Delhi," Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said. <br /><br />Participating in the debate on the motion thanking the President for his address to Parliament, he said, "Why isn't there a proper investigation into it. It is actually a big, well-planned conspiracy to defame the farmers. The fact is that you have sent some vandals to the Red Fort to create vandalism. Forces within the government are behind it."<br /><br />He also demanded JPC probe into the alleged TRP scam and purported chats of a television anchor that have allegedly been linked to Balakot airstrikes.<br /><br />"You want to create a rift between Punjab and other states," he claimed in the House when Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi were in attendance.<br /><br />Chowdhury likened the current situation in Delhi with Kabul, Baghdad and Syria, saying that barricades, barbed wire and nails have been put in and around the sites of the farmer protests at Delhi''s borders.<br /><br />Chowdhury alleged that the central government had earlier conspired against the Muslims and now against the farmers.<br /><br />"We should not be afraid of debate. Dissent, disagreement and dialogue are the hallmarks of our civilisation. Mahatma Gandhi had once said farmers are the kings. Given a chance, I would make a farmer the Governor-General," he said.<br /><br />Taking a dig at BJP leaders, Chowdhury said that it is one thing to take someone''s name and it is another matter to practically follow his idealogy.<br /><br />"The BJP is bereft of any national icon. You are borrowing the national icons. There is nothing wrong in borrowing. But try to understand and comprehend these icons. You often take the name of Netaji (Subhash Chandra Bose). But why not take the names of (Jawaharlal) Nehru or Indira Gandhi. This reflects your pettiness," he claimed. </p>
