Several Congress workers, including Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress president Kunal Choudhary and Congress legislator Jitu Patwari, on Tuesday took out a march towards the Vidhan Sabha premises with bandage on their one eye to protest against the botched cataract surgeries in Barwani district in which over 40 patients lost their eyesight.
However, Congress workers, including Choudhary, were arrested about one kilometer before the assembly by police and sent to jail. Meanwhile, Patwari was allowed to leave and he reached the Assembly to attend the Winter Session’s second day. Police later released the agitators.
Earlier, in the morning about 40-50 Youth Congress workers with bandage on their one eye led by Congress MlA Jitu Patwari and Kunal Choudhary started their march towards State Assembly from the bungalow of Patwari. Though Patwari had bandage on both of his eyes. As soon as the demonstrators reached near the Patrakar Bhawan some more Congress MlAs joined the march. The police force that was posted there tried to stop them but when the demonstrators does not stopped the police started cane charge and later arrested them.
later Patwari moved ahead and reached the assembly with bandage on both of his eyes.
Choudhary while talking to the media persons said that “the Government is not taking action against those who are guilty of Barwani botched up eye surgeries. We are fighting for the justice that is why Government is suppressing our agitation.”
“The police and the administration is completely acting like the BJP workers. We would not sit quiet unless and until health minister Narottam Mishra does not steps down, he added.