Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee president Kishore Upadhyaya condemned the BJP legislators’ unruly behaviour inside and outside the Vidhan Sabha at Gairsain, saying that they had trampled upon the mounting aspirations of the people of Gairsain.
Rubbishing the BJP’s charges made before the Governor on Wednesday that the ruling party had kept goons ready for action at the Visitors’ Gallery inside the House to teach BJP MlAs lessons, he said, these were far from the reality. “They were ordinary Congress workers. We would send a probe team to ascertain what transpired there and after the report is submitted, we would meet the Governor,” he said.
Meanwhile, a Congress delegation will meet the Governor at Rajbhawan on Friday to counter the BJP move.
He further said the Speaker is the right person to approach to ascertain the reality as he is authorized to issue the passes for the Visitors’ Gallery. “He would clear things,” he said.
Tearing more into BJP, he said the Opposition party MlAs had misbehaved with the local people, including the public representatives like Gairsain block president Sumati Bisht, outside the Vidhan Sabha. “Calling the common people present there goons reveals their true colour. They must seek apology. They did not spare even the women who are in the forefront of all the public movements, including the one for statehood,” the State Congress chief said.
Branding the BJP move to demand debate under section 310 as wrong, he said they should have opted for section 105 instead. “Section 87 also could have proved appropriate too. But their intention was to milk the issue politically. However, such moves would be counter-productive as the people are readying themselves to make it bite the dust,” the Congress leader said.