India, Aug. 13 -- Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radha Krishnan on Thursday instructed the government to conduct a thorough inquiry into the alleged "purification of a site" where Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge addressed a gathering in Uttarakhand and said action must be taken against the guilty.

The instruction came after Kharge spoke about the issue in the Upper House. He said some "BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party] people" carried out the purification at Haldwani's Ram Lila Maidan, where he addressed the gathering.

The BJP is in power in Uttarakhand, which is due to go to polls next year.

Kharge said he did not take the name of any religion, and only referred to problems being faced by people. ".but some BJP people conducted a havan at t...