State Congress has given call for Madhya Pradesh bandh on March 1, in support of its demand for CBI enquiry in the infamous MP Professional Examination Board (MPPEB) scam and arresting of Ministers, former Ministers, officials and other influential people connected with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) involved in it.
Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee president and MP Arun Yadav and leader of Opposition in the State Assembly, Satyadev Katare in a joint statement alleged that the MPPET scam is the biggest educational scam of the country and Ministers of the State Cabinet, former Ministers, Government officials and BJP leaders are involved in it.
“We have repeatedly demanded CBI enquiry for the biggest educational scam of the country but the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led BJP Government of the State in order to save its Ministers and leaders is not accepting our demand forcing us with none other option than to organise Statewide bandh. We have called for the same on Saturday March 1,” the leader’s duo added.
The leader duo said that besides Congress workers and office bearer’s people from all quarters of the society including the students that are affected with the scam, unemployed youth and their families, traders, vehicle operators and the common man would participate in the bandh. They said that all the essential services and school colleges have been left out of the bandh. Instructions have been issued to all the district presidents of the party in regard with the preparations to make the programme a success, they added.
Yadav said, “Future of lakhs of youths and students has been darkened due to the scam besides this educational scam has created a question mark over the entrance examinations and recruitment system of the State. Congress party is of the view that the investigative agency of the State would not reach to the real culprits of the scam. That is why we are demanding CBI enquiry for this but the stubborn attitude of the State Government has forced us to call for Statewide bandh. “