In the Budget Session of the Haryana Assembly in February, quickly after the killings of Junaid and Nasir by alleged cow vigilantes – believed to be a flashpoint behind the latest violence – Khan had named Monu Manesar as among those responsible for the murders and demanded stern motion in opposition to him.

Manesar’s name is in the FIR registered by the Rajasthan Police in the case, although he was by no means arrested. Junaid and Nasir belonged to Rajasthan and their our bodies had been discovered dumped in Bhiwani in Haryana.

Now, Manesar’s name has cropped up in connection with the Nuh violence, together with his social media posts, vowing to be a part of the spiritual yatra led by the VHP and Bajrang Dal within the space, seen as inciting the Muslim facet.

In the Assembly in February, Khan had additionally displayed images depicting acts of violence allegedly by Manesar, and dared him to go to the Mewat area, promising they’d educate him a lesson if he did so.

Khan had mentioned: “Yeh Monu Manesar kahin Amit Shah ke saath photo khichva raha hai, kahin Arun Jaitley ke saath photo khichva raha hai. Kya darana chahta hai hamein yeh Mewatiyon ko ke mein itna bada aadmi hoon? Abke yeh Mewat mein gaya toh isko pyaaz ki tarah phod denge (This Monu Manesar got his pictures clicked with Amit Shah at one place, with Arun Jaitley at another. Does he want to scare the Mewatis by showing that he is a big man? If he dares visit Mewat again, he will be crushed like an onion).” The picture with the late Jaitley was reportedly an previous one.

Among the photographs Khan confirmed within the Assembly, some additionally had Manesar and different cow vigilantes carrying weapons. “On what basis haa the government allowed them to possess weapons?” he requested.

Following Khan’s accusations, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala had introduced a committee to analyze the identical.

Following the Nuh violence, Manesar instructed Aaj Tak TV channel that Khan had supported the Nuh rioters, together with different Muslim MLAs within the space.

Chautala said that the Haryana government is probing the matter, and “be it Monu Manesar or Mamman Khan, whoever is found responsible shall not be spared at any cost”.

Speaking on the BJP headquarters in Delhi, its nationwide spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi Thursday mentioned Khan’s assertion within the Vidhan Sabha and his social media posts “raise suspicion about the Congress’s role in the violence”.

While Khan remained unavailable for remark, Congress chief and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda mentioned: “What Mamman Khan said was many months ago in the Assembly, and later he apologised for his remarks at our request. Linking his statement with the recent violence is completely incorrect.”

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda mentioned CM Manohar Lal Khattar ought to take ethical accountability for the violence and resign. “The violence in Nuh was either with the connivance of the government, or an indicator of its failure. People of the state have lost faith in this government. There is no hope left of action against the rioters… Law and order has completely collapsed.”

Alleging an intelligence failure, he mentioned: “People are asking that if you already knew that there was a conspiracy, what steps were taken to foil it?”

With Manesar additionally naming different Congress Muslim MLAs, the celebration’s Nuh legislator, Aftab Ahmed, mentioned: “The state government is trying to link Mamman Khan’s statement with the violence to hide its own failures and incompetence… Even now, what the police are doing is not correct. They are not differentiating between the innocent and the accused. They are just picking up people… Fear prevails in entire Nuh and people are leaving their homes.”