RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh Congress will stage the Vidhan Sabha Gherao on July 24 during the monsoon session for protest against the alleged law and order situation in the country.
Addressing a press conference at the party’s state office on Friday, the Congress state president and senior tribal leaders Deepak Baij targeted chief minister Vishnudeo Sai, labeling him as ‘Asahai CM’ – a powerless CM — who has failed to control law and order.
Baij also criticized Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Vijay Sharma, stating that Sharma has failed to control law and order even in his home district of Kawardha, asking how he can manage the entire state.
The Congress state president said the tribals were being persecuted by being branded as Naxals. He claimed that 90 residents were arrested by the police at the Usur police station, 20 of whom were detained, and 70 were released two days later.
Every citizen is harassed by broken law and order situation, according to Baij. He said that women, traders and ordinary people all feel insecure. He claimed that the situation had become so alarming that the offices of the collector and the SP were set on fire.
He also said that ever since the BJP government came to power in the state, citizens have been living in fear. He claimed that criminals are on the rise and crimes against women are on the rise under the current government.
Over the past six months, Congress tribal leaders and former MPs have said that cases of rape, rape and murder have increased in the state. He claimed that countless incidents of stabbings, robberies, dacoities, and chain robberies had taken place. Baij said criminals in the capital have become so bold that they flee on foot without vehicles, while police stations in the capital are powerless, and policemen are stabbed with knives.
He said Naxal incidents have increased in the last six months. They claimed that there was a rape incident every day and a case of gang violence every two days.
He claims that state government it is shielding accused in Arang crowd of lynching instead of taking strict action against them.
Linked gambling and drug smuggling flourished in the government’s double machine, according to Baij. He claimed that people from the ruling party have become protectors, so no concrete action has been taken to shut them down.
Baij said that people from the ruling party have become supporters of criminals. He claimed that the police van PCR has become a recovery van that shelters drug addicts and criminals in exchange of a few rupees.
They claimed that there has been an increase in crimes against women, with incidents including the death of a girl in a garbage can, an unconscious girl becoming a mother, teasing of innocent girls in Narayanpur school, and an increase in gang-rapes and rapes. incident, robbery, crime, dacoity, and knife robbery incident. Baij claimed that crime and criminals are out of control.
Baij questioned the Chief Minister’s understanding of what to do, saying that the inexperienced Chief Minister was confused and the people of the country were beginning to feel that there was no government in the country.
In opposition to the deteriorating law and order situation, the Congress Party will convene the Vidhan Sabha on July 24. On this day, thousands of Congress workers from all over the country will come to demand the safety of the citizens of the country.
The Congress has become hollow from within due to massive defeats in the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in the state, said Amit Chimnani, BJP state media. “Though Deepak Baij is the president of the country, not every Congress worker considers him a leader. If Baij cannot address the grievances of the Congress workers, this attempt of the Congress to divert attention from internal conflicts and remain in the media spotlight will fail, just like all other efforts, “he said