Madhya Pradesh BJP president Narendra Singh Tomar on Thursday said that former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress leader Ajit Jogi was apparently a part of the conspiracy responsible for the Naxal attack on Saturday killing 27 persons.
"The way Jogi was crying while reacting to the Naxal attack, it was apparent that he has a hand in the conspiracy," Tomar said at the BJP state executive meeting here today. The one-day meeting was held as part of the party's preparations for the Assembly elections later this year. Conspiracy theories are doing the rounds following the ghastly naxal attack on Congress' 'parivartan yatra' on May 25 in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district killing Karma, last-minute change in the route of the convoy and presence of a Naxal mole in the convoy. "Congress leaders, including Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kantilal Bhuria were blaming Chief Minister Raman Singh and his government for the attack after Jogi's hand was revealed," he said.
Tomar also slammed the Congress for boycotting the all-party meeting held by Raman Singh at Raipur today. The State executive meeting will be followed by a two-day (May 31-June
1) conclave of its urban and rural coordinators, which would be inaugurated by BJP president Rajnath Singh. Tomar urged partymen to work in a focused manner and bring BJP back to power for the third consecutive term by highlighting the welfare policies of the Shivaj Singh Chouhan government.
Besides Chouhan, BJP national vice president Prabhat Jha, national general secretary Thawarchand Gehlot, Urban Development Minister Babulal Gaur and former chief ministers Sunderlal Patwa and Kailash Joshi were among those present at the meeting.
Earlier, addressing party leaders, Chief Minister Shivraj asked them to get prepared to face 'dirty politics' of the Congress. "Before the elections, the Congress leaders would try to mislead the people. During this period, efforts would also be made to raise false propaganda against the ministers. We need to counter them strongly by taking the historical achievements of the BJP government to the masses and exposing the misdeeds of Congress-led Central government," he added.
Chouhan stated that the Congress had nothing to boast of in the name of achievement and thus it was involved in dirty politics on the Naxalite attack on Congress leaders. "Instead of getting united against Naxalism, Congress is making efforts to malign the image of the BJP," he added.