To oppose the remark of BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya- “would have set Indore on fire”, the Congress party on Saturday collectively slammed at all possible levels.
A delegation of senior Congress leaders called on the Director General of Police (DGP) of Madhya Pradesh seeking a registration of a criminal case against the BJP leader.
The leaders in a memorandum handed to the senior cop alleged that Vijayvargiya tried to tamper with law and order by holding dharna with party leaders at Indore commissioner’s residence on Friday despite section 144 of CrPC being in force in Indore.
They also referred to his statement, “I would have set Indore on fire if RSS office-bearers were not in Indore.”
The memorandum further read, “His remarks are evident enough to suggest that he is planning to instigate explosive activities against the State Government by inciting illegal and unlawful activities not only in Indore but across the State.”
Saying that Vijayvargiya is known to shelter unlawful and mafia elements in Indore, the Congress leaders also referred to the incident in which Vijayvargiya’s MLA son Akash had beat up a civic officer during anti-encroachment drive.
The MP Congress Committee in the letter sought Vijayvargiya be booked under a criminal case for his violence utterance and instigating intent against the state government.
Vijayvargiya on Friday had got infuriated after he went to meet senior administrative officials but none of them was there to speak to him despite a prior intimation. Later in he had opposed administration action saying those associated with the BJP were being targeted on the pretext of a drive against the land mafia.
A known Vijayvargiya detractor and the PWD minister Sajjan Singh Verma crossed the line while attacking the former.
No impotent could set Indore on fire, It is a city of the intelligent and the musclemen and not of those impotent, he added.
His cabinet colleague Jitu Patwari tried justifying him while saying that the minister meant that hatred was not the nature of the city and Vijayvargiya should apologise for his remarks.
Another Kamal Nath minister Dr Govind Singh slammed RSS for the remarks from Vijayvargiya. “RSS imparts such training from outset to use this kind of language. Where you are born is revered for you but Vijayvargiya is affirming to burn that place, it’s like attacking your mother.”