Cong attacks those linking assault on Pawar to public ire

He had been asked to comment on reports that Anna Hazare wondered whether it was “just one slap” when asked about the attack. Hazare had also said that people are angry about many things and the government has to think how to keep the anger of the masses under check.

Tewari also condemned remarks of another Team Anna member Kiran Bedi,who said that while condemning assault on public functionaries,(one) needs to analyse why this is happening and what must be done to contain this.

The Congress spokesperson asked people to take cognizance of such statements of “those,who profess to be Gandhians are,instead of condemning such shameful incidents,trying to condone violence and say if it is not done,it will lead to violence.”

“Are you going to put a gun to the neck of Parliamentary democracy,” the Congress spokesperson said.

Criticizing senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha for his remarks that continued price rise could lead to violence,he said it reflects their “true intentions” and such expressions are not fit for democracy or parliamentary decorum.

Tewari said some publicity seekers seem to have made a profession out of targeting public figures and hoped that the law enforcing agencies will take “strongest actions” so that the trend is “put to rest permanently. “We condemn the attack in strongest terms. It is unfortunate.”