New Delhi: Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday said that democracy is in “danger” and the right to ask questions is being “curbed”, news agency ANI reported.
“All the constitutional organisations are being weakened by the government at the centre. They are also influencing the judiciary. All the organisations are being suppressed and discussion in Lok Sabha was also stalled,” ANI quoted CM Baghel as saying.
Referring to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification as MP from the Lok Sabha because “he asked questions on the Adani issue”, the chief minister said, “Rahul Gandhi’s Lok Sabha membership was disqualified, his house was seized, just for asking questions regarding the Adani issue. Today no one has the right to ask questions.”
Talking about the recent incident of violence in Biranpur, CM Bhupesh Baghel said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is trying to politicise the issue in an attempt to attain power.
Asked about some people allegedly calling for “financial boycott” of Muslims, the chief minister said, “BJP doesn’t know nothing other than spreading hatred. This is the training of RSS that spreads hate in the society and takes half of the vote.”
“They (BJP) are speaking about love ‘Jihad’, if talked about the senior leaders of BJP their daughters married to whom…Muslim…that’s not ‘Love Jihad’. Where the daughter of Chhattisgarh’s most senior leader is…ask him once…that’s not a ‘Love Jihad’,” he further added.
It is to be noted that a man identified as Bhuneswar Sahu was killed after a clash broke out between two communities in Biranpur village on April 8. Acting on the incident, the state police launched an investigation and arrested around a dozen of persons in connection with the incident.