Bhopal Youth Congress (BYC) members demanded action against Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for endangering Raja Bhoj Airport in Bhopal by organising a Press conference on July 1. led by district president Manoj Shukla, the BYC workers submitted a memorandum to Civil Aviation Director and Gandhi Nagar police station on Friday.
Shukla said that according to the rules of Airport Authority of India (AAI), Press conferences cannot be organised inside the airport due to security reasons but CM organised the Press conference inside the Bhopal airport on July 1, after returning from Haridwar with the flood victims.
Shukla further said that CM action threatened the security of the airport and any incident could have taken place due to the breach in the security. This was the first occasion when Chief Minister of the State had threatened the security arrangements and flouted the laws.
According to the rules, if CM wanted to interact with mediapersons, he could have organised the conference at his house or any other place except for airport. Shukla said that CM wanted to en cash the situation and for gaining votes for the upcoming State Assembly election. The CM was accompanied by Sadhana Singh.