Kawardha. After the return of state president Deepak Baij and former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel from the Loharidih incident site, the State Congress Committee organized a press conference in Kawardha today. During this, the Congress accused the police administration and the Home Minister of failure. PCC Chief Deepak Baij said that the law and order situation in the entire state has collapsed. Regarding this, the Congress has called for a state bandh on Saturday, September 21.
Let us tell you, after the death of the accused in the Loharidih violence case, the political temperature in the state has heated up. Accusing the police administration of failure in this case, the Congress has demanded that the case be investigated by a sitting judge. Apart from this, the Congress has demanded that Kachru Sahu’s post-mortem be done again and the CCTV footage of Regakhar police station be retrieved. Not only this, the Congress has also demanded from CM Sai to dismiss Home Minister Vijay Sharma from the post of Home Minister for the incident that happened in his district.
The horrifying face of government failure has come to the fore again: Jarita
Congress in-charge secretary Jarita Laitphlang has targeted the BJP government over this incident. She has said that the horrific face of the BJP government’s failure in Chhattisgarh has once again come to the fore. The death of Prashant Sahu, a resident of village Loharidih, in police custody raises a big question on the law and order of the BJP government. Prashant’s mother’s painful screaming and demanding strict action against the culprits is proof that the BJP government and the police administration have crossed all limits of inhumanity in this case.
He said that due to police torture, Prashant Sahu’s mother is unable to walk and is vomiting blood. Is this the BJP government’s definition of ‘good governance’? The severe injury marks on Prashant’s body show that he was brutally beaten, which is an inhuman act. Jarita said that the BJP government will have to answer for this cruelty. The people of the state will not tolerate this inhumanity. In protest against the deteriorating law and order situation in the state, Chhattisgarh Congress Committee calls for a state-wide bandh on September 21.
Minister Lakhanlal Dewangan hit back
In this matter, Industry Minister Lakhan Lal Devangan countered the statement of Congress and said that crime had increased during their time. Today, after the BJP government has come, the Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister are doing good work. Congress has no issue, Congress has not fulfilled even one of the 36 promises. Congress is perplexed, how Vishnudev Sai is completing the work, which they could not do.
He further said that Congress could not do anything in its government. Neither could they do development work nor could they do anything else. They have done the Gothan, cow dung scam, now they are trying to become clean. I say, may God give them wisdom.
Know what is the Lohari Dih violence case:
Let us tell you that on Sunday, the house of former Sarpanch Raghunath Sahu of Kawardha district was set on fire, in which the Deputy Sarpanch died. While one man is missing. During this, there was a scuffle between the people and the policemen. After which there was stone pelting. Kawardha SP Abhishek Pallav and dozens of policemen were injured in this stone pelting. After the incident, police personnel and hundreds of battalion personnel were called from all over the district, after which the villagers fled from the village, then the police entered the village and controlled the situation. In the case, the police have made 170 people accused, and arrested 69 people. At the same time, Prashant Sahu, the accused involved in the Loharidih incident, died in jail under suspicious circumstances, after which politics has intensified
