The monsoon session of the Chhattisgarh legislative assembly, scheduled to begin on Monday, is expected to be a stormy affair with the opposition Congress gearing up to corner the ruling BJP on the "deteriorating" law and order situation among other issues.The Congress said it will gherao the state assembly on July 24 to protest against the alleged deteriorating law and order situation, particularly the violence in Balodabazar city last month.Addressing a press conference here, state Congress chief Deepak Baij on Sunday said the last seven months of the Vishnu Deo Sai government saw four incidents of firing in the state capital, and inter-state gangsters have been spreading tentacles in Chhattisgarh.Baij claimed 300 cases of rape, 80 incidents of gangrapes and more than 200 murders were reported in the state in seven months.
"There have been countless incidents of stabbing, looting, robbery and chain-snatching. The BJP has failed to protect the common man," he claimed.While the previous Congress government strengthened the law and order situation in the state, the Sai government has destroyed it in just seven months, he said, accusing the state home minister of making empty statements.
