New Delhi: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of indulging in double requirements, saying that when the daughters of BJP leaders get married to Muslims, they name it love, but when anyone else does so then it is dubbed as “jihad”. Talking to reporters in Bilaspur city of the state, he additionally accused the saffron occasion of making an attempt to take political benefit of final week’s communal violence in Biranpur village of Bemetara district. When requested concerning the BJP’s claims that stress began brewing in Biranpur following some interfaith marriages there, Baghel mentioned, “The BJP neither examined the matter (clash) nor came out with any report before calling for a bandh. A fight between two children led to a clash that claimed the life of a man which is very sad. It cannot be justified. But the BJP is trying to take its political mileage.”
हमारी सरकार ने पीड़ित परिवार को सुरक्षा दी। जो आरोपी हैं वो तुरंत पकड़े गए।
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— Bhupesh Baghel (@bhupeshbaghel) April 12, 2023
“They talk about love jihad. If we talk about senior leaders of BJP their daughters have married to Muslims. Doesn’t it fall in the category of love jihad? You ask where the daughter of the biggest leader of the BJP in Chhattsigarh has gone. Is that not love jihad?,” Baghel mentioned.
“When their daughter does it then it’s love but someone else does it, then it is jihad. “What have they (BJP) completed to cease this? They simply need to get political advantages from it. They make their son-in-laws minister and MPs and deal with others underneath totally different legal guidelines,” he mentioned.
Communal violence had erupted in Biranpur, positioned 60 km from Bemetara city, on April 8 allegedly after a combat between faculty kids. An area resident, Bhuneshwar Sahu (22), was killed within the conflict and three policemen suffered accidents. The native administration has imposed part 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which bars meeting of 4 or extra individuals, in your complete Bemetara district.
Three days after the incident, a person recognized as Rahim Mohammad (55) and his son Idul Mohammad (35), residents of Biranpur, had been discovered lifeless with head accidents a number of kms away from the village. All roads resulting in the village have been barricaded by the police.
Around 1,000 police personnel have been deployed within the village and round it to keep up legislation and order. CM Baghel on Tuesday introduced to provide authorities job to the kin of the deceased Sahu and likewise monetary help of Rs 10 lakh to the household.
