New Delhi, Aug. 26: BJP seniors today praised the Manohar Lal Khattar government's "efficiency" in containing yesterday's violence in "three hours", ruling out sacking the Haryana chief minister and insisting the party "doesn't succumb to pressure". BJP general secretary and Haryana minder Anil Jain lauded Khattar. Khattar is known to be a favourite with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah. Yesterday, as the violence escalated, BJP sources had said the central leadership was "very upset" with Khattar and that his sacking for repeated failures was a possibility. They would not have allowed the Dera chief to come to Panchkula and would have resorted to violence across the state," a BJP politician said.

Source: The Telegraph August 26, 2017 21:00 UTC