New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement justifying the crackdown against yoga guru Baba Ramdev, terming it "unfortunate, unexpected, and bizarre".
"It is unfortunate, unexpected and bizarre statement made by the prime minister. It's inhuman, insensitive and complete carelessness on the part of the government," party spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said.
"Here is a prime minister who is making such a remark to defend himself. He is guilty of mass torture of the common man. This government, which has come on the slogan of the common man, is all out to torture (the common man) not just on the front of price rise, but also on the physical front. The country is watching the statement of prime minister," Rudy said.
He also demanded an answer from Congress president Sonia Gandhi and general secretary Rahul Gandhi.
"And here we would not only like to ask the prime minister, Madam Sonia Gandhi has to answer, Rahul Gandhi has to answer, there are many questions which will be asked now."
"Instead of coming and expressing regret on what happened and trying to find those who are responsible for these actions, the prime minister is trying to condone an act of violence unleashed on common people and he is trying to argue logic on behalf of the government," he added.
Manmohan Singh on Monday said that the post-midnight crackdown on Ramdev's agitation at the Ramlila ground, in which over 100 people were injured, was "unfortunate" but there was "no alternative".
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