Giridih, March 15 -- Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat condemned the violence that erupted in Giridih, Jharkhand, on Saturday, calling the incident "unfortunate." He stated that the government controlled the situation and criticized the mosque cover move in Uttar Pradesh.

Taking a swipe at the Uttar Pradesh government, he remarked, "If you look at UP, when the government says that you should not step out of your house and mosques are being covered, this poisonous environment has been seen only recently."

"Such things are being done by a few people deliberately...This is a matter of concern that a poisonous environment is forming in the country," he added.

Speaking on the clashes in Giridih, Bhagat pointed out that in the past two decades, the...