Giridih, March 15 -- BJP leader Babulal Marandi on Saturday hit out at the Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government over the violence that broke out during a Holi procession in Ghorathamba, Giridih, alleging that it was a result of "appeasement politics" and "administrative failure."

In a post on X, he wrote, "The tragic incident of stone pelting and arson on the Holi procession in Ghorathamba of Giridih is the result of the politics of appeasement of the Hemant government and the failure of the administrative system. Violence during Hindu festivals has become a new trend, and the JMM Congress government, which is the patron of the infiltrators, is promoting it."

He further alleged that the Jharkhand government had encouraged the anti-Hind...