4 BSP legislators reach assembly wearing aprons
Bhopal: Four BSP legislators on Tuesday reached the Madhya Pradesh Assembly premises wearing aprons that contained demands pertaining to the farmers written on them. ''Peasants were killed in firing by police in Mandsaur. The regime must take responsibility for it,'' BSP legislator Satyaprakash Sakhwar told the media in the Vidhan Sabha premises here. The legislators raised the slogans, demanding that loans availed by the ryots and 'fake' bills imposed on them be waived, 'false' cases registered against them be withdrawn and those responsible for killing the farmers be punished.
EOW's investigation still incomplete after 8 yrs
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Government on Tuesday put in the dock by a ruling BJP member over the delay in registering an offence in a case of alleged inconsistencies. The alleged inconsistencies to the tune of over Rs one-crore relate to the installation of computer projectors in 23 schools of Bhind district, in spite of the fact that the irregularities came to light nearly 15 years ago and the state's Economic Offences' Wing (EOW) began its investigation into the matter after eight years. Raising the issue during the Question Hour, Narayan Singh Kushwaha said that no criminal case has been registered, although the EOW began investigation into the matter in 2011. He said that several bureaucrats and political leaders associated with these inconsistencies are now more than 75-year-old. In his reply, Minister of State for General Administration lal Singh Arya said the matter was earlier sent to the High Court and the Supreme Court.
later, the investigation was handed over to the EOW, which sought certain information from the Bhind Collector twice, but only partial information was received. A case would be registered only after complete information is received.
CM admits delay in jailbreak inquiry
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday admitted in the Assembly that the inquiry commission formed to investigate into the jailbreak by banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) activists did not submit its report in time. In a written reply to Jitendra Gehlot (ruling Bharatiya Janata Party), Chouhan said eight inquiry commissions were formed in the state to investigate into various matters from 2012 to 2017. "These include inquiry commissions to investigate into Bhind firing formed on July 12, 2012; Ratangarh accident on October 15, 2013; firing in Saingrauli's Baidhan Police Station on December 16, 2013; death in police encounter in Gwalior on August 17, 2015; Jhabua's Petlawad blast on September 15, 2015; prison-break at the Bhopal Central Jail by SIMI men on November 7, 2016; prevention of Moharram procession in Jhabua's Petlawad on November 20, 2016; and Mandsur firing incident on June 12, 2017," he said in his reply. Of them, the commissions did not submit their reports in Bhind, Ratangarh, Singrauli, Gwalior, Bhopal and Petlawad's Moharram procession incidents in time. So far, the regime has received only four reports.