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Congress plan to corner Govt. in Assembly

Staff Correspondent

Opposition Leader demands removal of Ministers who are facing corruption charges

BHOPAL: The main Opposition Congress is determined to corner the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in the winter session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly beginning here on Friday by raising issues like deteriorating law and order, electricity crisis, corruption, growing atrocities on SC/ST communities and women, shortage of seeds and fertilizers and malnutrition.

Addressing journalists here on Wednesday, the Leader of Opposition in the State Assembly, Jamuna Devi, said the State BJP Government has failed on all fronts. It is not only the Government officers and employees who have been transferred on a large-scale and in quick succession in the State but within a two-year period the State has seen three Chief Ministers, she pointed out.

Seeking an explanation from the State Government over the recent chopping off of the hand of a tribal woman by her alleged rapist at a village in Raisen district, Ms. Devi said this was one of the many incidents of crime being committed against women in Madhya Pradesh. She said that the tribals' interests were not being protected and cited the example of Phaggan Singh Kulaste, the BJP MP from Mandla, who has been allegedly exposed in a latest sting operation by a prominent television channel.

Ms. Devi said the Kulaste episode shows how the people's hard earned money, meant for the welfare of the weaker sections, was being siphoned off. Further, she added, the tribals were being evicted from their land and those belonging to the SC/ST categories were finding it difficult to procure the SC/ST certificates under the present regime.

She said that corruption was now at an all time high in Madhya Pradesh and demanded the immediate removal of Ministers who are tainted and are facing corruption charges. She circulated a copy of a letter she has written to the Chief Minister demanding that the State Ministers should follow tradition and table in the Assembly the account of their wealth and assets.

Regarding the state of roads in the State Ms. Devi said that during her recent tours of Balaghat, Jabalpur, Raisen and Madhya Bharat areas, she found that the roads were in bad shape.

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