BJP to take up arrest & ouster of party delegation with govt
Annoyed over the arrest and ouster of the party delegation from riot-hit Kandhamal district, Orissa BJP leadership on Friday decided to take up the matter with the state government.
By PTI |
BHUBNESWAR : Annoyed over the arrest and ouster of the party delegation from riot-hit Kandhamal district, Orissa BJP leadership on Friday decided to take up the matter with the state government.
Stating that BJP would do everything to ensure return of peace in Kandhamal, party's state president Suresh Pujari said they would also like to know from the government what prompted the district administration to arrest and drive out the team led by the national vice-president and MP Jual Oram.
Describing it as an administrative decision, he said while party delegation had visited eight other districts to study the situation, it was denied permission in Kandhamal.
What came as an embrassment for the party, a partner in the state government, is that they were driven out of the district in police escort even after the government lifted restriction on the entry of politicians into riot-hit areas.
During our earlier meeting with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, we had informed that BJP team would visit Kandhamal only after lifting of restriction+, Pujari pointed out.
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Besides this, Pujari said that the party would also like to make demand with the government that it should also address the plight of tribals and poor people who were badly affected by the prolonged curfew of 13 days. We demand relief and other assistance to the tribals and daily wage earners+, Pujari said adding innocent persons must not be arrested and harassed.
A large number of people having affiliation to BJP are arrested without any basis+, BJP state vice-president Nayan Kishore Mohanty said while denouncing arrest of party leaders.
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