New Delhi, Aug. 25: As pressure mounted on the BJP to sack Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, home truths are making it an unpalatable task for the party. The chief minister has once again failed," a senior BJP leader said. In the evening, Modi tweeted about the "deeply distressing" nature of the violence and said he had directed officials to work round the clock to restore normality. Around the same time - on October 3, 2014 - Modi had tweeted his appreciation of the Dera chief's support for Swachh Bharat. Yogi Adityanath, the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, responded by "saluting" the " sant".

Source: The Telegraph August 25, 2017 21:00 UTC