State Finance and district in-charge minister Jayant Malaiya here today took a potshot on the opposition parties for questioning the state government on the issue of encounter of SIMI terrorists on the outskirts of state capital yesterday and surgical strike by the Army in Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
Talking to the media persons here today, the minister said that there should be no politics on the issue of surgical strikes and absconding of SIMI activists from the jail. Reacting to the comment of senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh, Malaiya said he was greatly hurt by the Congress leader's statement on jailbreak of SIMI activists from Bhopal.
He however, did agree on security lapses at the Bhopal central jail.
I agree that there has been a security lapse in the jail. The state government has taken serious note of this and accordingly will chalk out plan to prevent recurrences of jailbreak in future.
Talking about closure of CCTV cameras at the Bhopal central jail at the time of incident, he said the issue would be probed into.
Earlier in the morning, Malaiya unfurled the national tri-colour at the APTC Ground at Mahesh Guard line to mark Madhya Pradesh's foundation day. Unfurling of the tri-colour was followed by the recitation of national song.
Thereafter, the district in-charge minister read message of the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and administered oath to the people pleading for their whole-hearted support to the all round development of the state.
To mark the occasion, variety of cultural programes was performed by school students and artistes of the Government Ahilya girls college and the Malaw lalit Kala Institute.
Prominent among those who graced the occasion included the city Mayor Malini Gaud, IDA chairman Shankar lalwani, MlAs Mahendra Hardia, Sudarshan Gupta, Usha Thakur, IMC chairman Ajay Singh Naruka, divisional commissioner Sanjay Dube, collector P Narhari, ADG Vipin Maheshwari and DIG Santosh Kumar Singh respectively.