The Madhya Pradesh Congress on Thursday accused the BJP of rigging the by-election to Vijaypur meeting seat within the state by roping in goons to intimidate and assault some native residents, and demanded repolling in 37 polling cubicles.
The opposition occasion additionally claimed that Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) employees desecrated the statue of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar in Vijaypur constituency in Sheopur district on the night time of polling.
In a press convention held right here, MP Congress president Jitu Patwari claimed that the state equipment was blatantly misused to learn the BJP throughout the bypolls to Vijaypur and Budhni constituencies on Wednesday.
However the Congress will win the by-election in Vijaypur even after the violence orchestrated by the BJP, he mentioned.
“A reign of terror was unleashed on Jatavs (a Dalit group) and tribal individuals in Vijaypur earlier than and after the by-elections on Wednesday. The BJP went on a rampage. Many tribal-dominated areas got here underneath their assault. The properties of Dalits have been torched. BJP employees additionally desecrated a statute of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar at night time,” he alleged.
“It was for the primary time that even dacoits have been roped in to affect elections. Dacoit Bunty Rawat from Rajasthan, who faces 40 prison circumstances, created terror in Vijaypur as he introduced eight different dacoits to affect the elections. He was caught by individuals, who lastly handed him over to the police,” he mentioned.
The state equipment was blatantly misused to learn the BJP throughout the by-polls to each the constituencies within the saffron party-ruled state, in keeping with Patwari.
“We’ve got sought repolling in 37 polling cubicles in Vijaypur,” he mentioned.
“Even after the BJP’s nefarious design of rigging the by-elections, we’re going to win. We have been anticipating to win the Vijaypur seat by a margin of greater than 50,000 votes. However after the BJP orchestrated violence, our victory margin has been halved. We’ll now win the seat by greater than 25,000 votes,” he mentioned.
Patwari introduced that the occasion will stage a protest throughout Madhya Pradesh on Monday towards the alleged desecration of Dr Ambedkar’s statue.
“We’ll stage state-wide protests on November 18 towards the desecration of Dr Ambedkar’s statue,” he mentioned.
Requested whether or not Jatavs and tribals have been focused for his or her perceived inclination in direction of the Congress, Patwari mentioned different communities additionally voted in favour of his occasion in Vijaypur.
Voter turnouts of 77.85 per cent and 77.32 per cent have been recorded in byelections in Vijaypur and Budhni meeting constituencies, as per the info offered by the officers.
The bypoll to Vijaypur constituency was necessitated after sitting Congress MLA Ramniwas Rawat joined the BJP and was inducted into the Mohan Yadav-led cupboard. Rawat was pitted towards tribal chief Mukesh Malhotra of the Congress.
The Budhni seat in Sehore district fell vacant after sitting MLA and former chief minister Chouhan was elected to the Lok Sabha from Vidisha. Ramakant Bhargava, an in depth aide of Chouhan, was pitted as BJP candidate towards Congress’ Rajkumar Patel, a former minister, in Budhni
