Infuriated over the murder mystery of former PRO of Cabinet Minister Harak Singh Rawat and the arrest of the kingpin from the residence of Rawat's house, scores of BJP activists staged protest in Dehradun on Wednesday.
They also threatened to intensify their agitation in the near future if the State Government does not take steps to order CBI probe and suspension of Rawat in the near future. Scores of BJP activists gathered at the Mahanagar office in Dehradun on Wednesday and took out a rally to the Clock Tower.
The agitated BJP activists shouted anti-Government slogans during the rally. After reaching the Clock Tower, the party activists burnt the effigy of the State Government. The agitators demanded from the State Government to order CBI probe into the murder mystery and suspension of the Rawat at earliest. The agitators demanded that Cabinet Minister Harak Singh Rawat should immediately table his resignation on the moral grounds.
Cabinet Minister Harak Singh Rawat's former PRO Yudhveer Singh Rawat was found brutally murdered in the capital city a few days back. Although the city police has claimed to solve the case by arresting the main accused, Sudha Patwal, who also admitted her role behind the incident and was arrested from the Minister's residence, the Minister himself has denied such charges.
According to activists, the city police have been working under intense pressure and the State Government should immediately order CBI probe into the murder mystery to find out the role of minister in this case. They said that the party will strive to seek justice for the next of the kin of the deceased and will continue doing protest in the near future till their demands are met by the State Government.
Mahanagar President Neelam Sehgal, Sharda Gupta, Vinod Uniyal, Govind Mohan, Usha lakhera, Vimal Pandey, Anurag Batta, Khemchand, Sandeep Mukherjee, Sushil Gupta and many more were present.
Meanwhile, BJP activists also staged a protest and burnt effigy of the State Government near the Collectorate in Pauri on Wednesday and also shouted anti-Government slogans. They also demanded from the State Government to take swift action into this case and also threatened to continue their protest if their demands are not met by the State Government at earliest.