A Congress party delegation led by Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CGPCC) Chief Bhupesh Baghel on Monday evening met the State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Subrat Sahoo and handed over a memorandum containing five point charter of demands.
The demands comprised conducting elections in state in single phase, immediate closure of government liquor shops in state, deposit of undistributed mobile phones of Suchna Kranti Yojana (CG-SKY) in state’s store, transfers of certain officials and employees and removal of District Collectors of Durg, Sukma and Bilaspur.
The delegation in their memorandum said that they had already demanded transfer of government officials and employees earlier. “No action was been taken till date and action from your behalf is expected now”, they said addressing the ECI.
In the memorandum which is also addressed to Chief Secretary of the state the Congress leaders also demanded the details of mobiles distributed under the SKY scheme till the date Modal Code of Conduct was enforced. Regarding sale of liquor in state, the Congress leaders said as the Modal Code of Conduct is enforced in the state the role of government owned liquor shops in the state were questionable. In such a situation unbiased and impartial elections in state is not expected, they said.