In Mumbai, Congress leader Hussain Dalwai rebuked UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s staunch support for police retaliation in encounters, insisting that violence-reliant groups qualify as terrorists, no matter their Hindu or Muslim identity.
Yogi had quipped, ‘If police hold back shots, do they eat bullets instead? Armed and drilled for confrontation, they must reply in the criminal’s tongue.’
Dalwai rejected this outright as mob-justice advocacy. ‘Police arms intimidate, not assassinate. Executing the undesirables? That’s the hallmark of violence worshippers,’ he retorted.
Extending his indictment, Dalwai deemed all such outfits terrorist by definition. On NCP’s merger buzz, he scoffed: ‘One NCP just means BJP’s junior partner. Sharad Pawar stays principled, solo—far from BJP’s shadow. Ajit Pawar’s crew cowers already.’
Regarding Mamata’s resistance to SIR amid BJP overtures in Bengal, Dalwai exposed the plot: ‘Eyes on Bengal, TN, Kerala for their one-leader, one-faith conquest. Targeting Mamata unfairly; victory eludes them electorally.’
Dalwai’s intervention spotlights rifts over policing philosophies and political alliances, with implications rippling through India’s diverse electoral landscape.