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Opposition Blames Government for New Delhi Rioting That Killed 52

Associated Press

   NEW DELHI - India's powerful lower house of Parliament on Wednesday
   debated the worst Hindu-Muslim violence in decades in the Indian
   capital, with an angry opposition demanding a judicial probe and the
   resignation of the home minister for the police's failure to prevent
   the deaths of more than 50 people.

   Opposition Congress party lawmakers walked out after Home Minister Amit
   Shah praised the police for ending the February 24-25 rioting in
   northeastern areas of the capital within 36 hours and preventing it
   from spreading across New Delhi.

   The violence coincided with a state visit by U.S. President Donald
   Trump. Armed mobs of Muslims and Hindus threw rocks, exchanged gunfire
   and burned hundreds of vehicles, homes and businesses.

   Shah blamed inflammatory speeches by the Congress party and some Muslim
   leaders for triggering the rioting. He said 52 people were killed on
   February 24-25 and 526 were injured. He declined to say how many were
   Hindus or Muslims.

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