Despite the prohibitive orders in force amid nationwide lockdown, BJP activists organised a large gathering in Gwalior to celebrate appointment of district president in Gwalior.
Congress has lodged a complaint with the district collector after the video of the said BJP gathering in Bilaua town went viral on Sunday evening. The collector has ordered a probe into the incident.
The BJP gathering in the presence of over 100 persons was organised at Bilaua village on Sunday and was attended by newly appointed district head (rural) Kaushal Sharma, former MLA and the ex-minister Imarti Devi among others.
The event included a party meeting and a rally taken out to celebrate appointment of Sharma. However the Congress party was left fuming after videos of the said event went viral on Sunday and the party was quick to lodge a complaint with the Gwalior collector accusing the BJP of making a mockery of social distancing norms amid lockdown.
Party spokesperson Bhupendra Gupta alleged that his party leaders were booked by the state government for lockdown violation without any valid reason while the BJP leaders were regularly flouting social distancing norms with impunity. “Do we have different kinds of rules for Congress workers, commoners and for those from the BJP,” said Gupta naming BJP leaders like Ramesh Mendola, Hardeep Singh Dang and others who flouted lockdown norms and faced no action.
Gwalior BJP MP Vivek Shejwalkar though flayed the party meeting organised lockdown saying ‘he would speak to the party workers on the matter.’
The polls might be around but following lockdown guidelines is mandatory for all, he added.
BJP spokesperson Ashish Agrawal also criticised the meeting organised in violation of social distancing norms saying the video clearly shows that party workers were not following social distancing rules.
Imarti Devi, is the former MLA of Dabra, the constituency where the said event took place. She is a staunch loyalist of BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia.