Video: Watch V.K. Singh's comments on murdered Dalit children - If someone throws stones at a dog, the government is not responsible.

V K Singh's controversial statement on Haryana's dalit children is widely criticised as insensitive (video below)

October 22, 2015, NewsCrunch

Union Minister V K Singh triggered a controversy on Thursday when he made a shock comment on Haryana's murdered dalit children: "If someone throws stones at a dog, the government is not responsible," he said.

The two children were burnt alive when their house in Haryana's Faridabad district was set on fire on Tuesday.
While commenting on the incident V K Singh sought to give a clean chit to the government.

He pointed out that there was a running feud between the two families that ended in the attack.

Then he said the Haryana government had started an inquiry on the issue. He also drew an analogy to state that government could not be held for everything that happens in a state.

It was then he said,  "If someone throws stones at a dog, the government is not responsible."

After he came under criticism for his insensitive remarks, V K Singh tweeted saying he had not sought to draw an analogy between a dog and the dead dalit children. As a soldier he had put his life on line to defend the nation ignoring caste, creed and religious considerations, he reminded.

The statement echoes a statement made by Modi in an interview with Reuters last year. Talking about the 2002 Gujarat riots Modi said he felt sad but was not guilty about them. He then added saying he would be sad even if a “puppy” came under a car.

Video: If someone throws stones at a dog, the government is not responsible, says V K Singh