The factionalism in the Madhya Pradesh unit of the Congress is an open secret, observers say, however the registration of a primary info report (FIR) by police in opposition to a key legislator of the celebration and former minister in the Kamal Nath authorities has prompted senior leaders to step onto a typical platform and throw their weight behind him.
Gandhwani MLA Umang Singhar was booked by police this week in reference to the alleged suicide of a pal, Sonia Bharadwaj, who was discovered hanging contained in the lawmaker’s residence in Shahpura space of Bhopal.
The girl’s household together with her son have come out in Singhar’s assist and have even urged the administration to withdraw the FIR lodged in opposition to him.
Former chief minister Digvijaya Singh and several other senior leaders met Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee chief Kamal Nath at his residence in Bhopal on Thursday and mentioned technique to oppose the “politically motivated” FIR on Singhar, nephew of late deputy CM Jamuna Devi.
Statements from the deceased’s family have vindicated that Singhar has been booked by the police without concrete evidences, said Nath. “I urge CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan not to see the matter with a political angle,” he added.
Several former ministers and MLAs from the Congress had been current in the meet.
Five legislators together with working president of the celebration state unit Jitu Patwari had known as on the director common of police (DGP) and termed the motion in opposition to Singhar politically motivated.
Bharadwaj, who was from Haryana, got here in contact with the MLA by a matrimonial portal. She allegedly hanged herself at Singhar’s bungalow on May 16 and the police filed a case in opposition to him for abetment of suicide the following day.
Calling the evidences inconclusive, the MLA too has written to the DGP, searching for a magisterial probe into the loss of life.
Singhar is a outstanding tribal face of the Congress and the celebration is attempting to keep away from giving out the impression that he has been left alone at a time of disaster.
The police are but to arrest Singhar who’s reportedly getting ready to file an anticipatory bail plea in court docket.
Sources mentioned that Nath spoke to CM Chouhan on Thursday and sought an appointment for a gathering on Friday. The MPCC chief is predicted to communicate to Chouhan on Singhar’s state of affairs and can urge him not to act in opposition to Congress leaders out of “political vendetta”, they said.
The BJP had levelled similar charges against the Kamal Nath government when it acted against many of its leaders.
After losing power because of defections and tasting defeat in bypolls last year, discontent has been bubbling in the Madhya Pradesh Congress unit. The Singhar issue has given Kamal Nath a chance to unite the party once again, observers say.
The FIR has been filed by the police on the basis of facts and evidences, said BJP state secretary Rajneesh Agrawal who asked the MPCC chief to clarify whether all such cases should be quashed or should Singhar get special treatment for being a former minister.
(With inputs from Anurag Shrivastava)
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