'Feb violence like Godhra, CM will get two terms like Modi'

Chandigarh: BJP's Rohtak MLA Munish Grover on Saturday compared violence during Jat quota agitation to Godhra riots and said just like then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi was criticized for it but still won two more terms, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar would stay in the saddle for long.
"Modi faced criticism after Godhra incident but continued to rule Gujarat till he was elevated as the prime minister.Similarly, chief minister Khattar will also go on for two more terms, Grover told the audience at public meetings in Mehem sub-division of Rohtak as well as in Hisar. What's more, both the time when the MLA was making these remarks, Khattar was present on the stage.
This has given fresh ammunition to the opposition against the government and Grover, who was already under political attack following the violence in his constituency and surrounding areas, which was epicenter of unrest in February. Khattar too has been facing fire from rival parties' leaders who have accused him of losing hold over law and order situation leading to 30 deaths and major loss of property across the state.
However, the MLA is undeterred by the onslaught and has even found support from some his party colleagues. "I standby by what I said. I said this while referring to the opposition, especially our friends in the Congress who had been accusing our CM and BJP. I have said that similar kind of allegations were made against PM Modi ji and he had headed Gujarat for over a decade. So will be case in Haryana and Khattar Sahib will come out clean and would head the state for the long time," Grover said justifying his statement.
Housing board chairman and Khattar's confidant Jawahar Yadav too endorsed him. "He meant the politics of development only will work. Secondly, he has said it in a positive way that too with honest and sincere emotions towards the state and the party. He had very politely tried to silent our critics," Yadav explained.
On the other hand, former CPS and senior spokesman of Haryana Congress said Ran Singh Maan, "Finally, the truth has started tumbling out, that too from the mouth of BJP leaders. Since they could not create a divide on religion lines, they used caste divide. We don't have assembly polls looming, else you would have seen the consequences. They (BJP men) too have realized that they have lost base in Haryana."