Haryana’s Chief Minister, Jagdish Khattar, remarked that it’s impossible to assign a police constable to every citizen after the communal violence in Nuh. West Bengal’s Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, concurred with Khattar’s observation, asserting that the state can’t maintain police presence everywhere. Amid criticism of the state police’s inaction in containing violence, Banerjee used Khattar’s comment to deflect BJP’s reproaches, implying that what applies to Haryana also applies to Bengal.