Capt Abhimanyu blames Cong for 2016 Jat reservation riots

Haryana Finance Minister, Capt Abhimanyu, on Saturday blamed the Congress for the riots that took place in Rohtak during the Jat protest in February 2016.

In a statement issued here, he said reports on the CBI charge-sheet in the case of violence, arson and loot that took place in Rohtak during February, 2016, had made it clear that the riots were planned, and that it was a conspiracy hatched by a political party.

The statement quoting Capt. Abhimanyu said, "names mentioned in the charge-sheet were clearly associated with the former Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, and violence had been planned to fail the present state government. Gaurav Hooda, son of Krishan Murti Hooda, who is close to Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Ashok Balhara and others were involved in the violence which was pre-planned."

The minister said, “Reading the charge-sheet gives one goosebumps as shops and houses of thousands of people were burnt and 32 persons were killed, and an attempt was also made to kill members of my family”.

The script had been prepared for this violence, and his house and family were on target as mentioned in the audio-tape.