In protest against the murder of the son of a former Congress MlA in Amethi, Congress legislators held a hour long dharna demanding a CBI probe into the gruesome murder. They later also handed over a memorandum in this regard to Governor.
Mahendra Singh, son of a former Party MlA from Gauriganj in Amethi, Jung Bahadur Singh was murdered in Gauriganj area four months back and a ruling Samajwadi Party MlC Akshay Pratap Singh has been accused in the killing along with his henchmen. However, as the local police removed the name of Akshay, so the Congress accused the state government for shielding the mafia don turned MlC Akshay and demanded a CBI probe so that truth could come out.
According to Party spokesman, Amarnath Agarwal, to press their demand, they sat on dharna, at the Gandhi Pratima in the busy Hazratganj area, under the leadership of State president, Nirmal Khatri and legislature party leader Pradeep Mathur, on Saturday. The party in one voice demanded a CBI probe into the murder, executed in Gauriganj on June 14 last, claimed Amarnath.
Addressing the gathering, Khatri alleged that the present Samajwadi Party government is full of criminals and the government was just saving these anti-social elements.
He also gave a slogan “Jis Gari me SP ka Jhanda, us gari me Goonda Baitha’. Khatri announced that the party will continue to agitate till justice was done by the state government and the culprits go to jail. He also accused Akhilesh Yadav for not giving them time to listen the truth. In the memorandum addressed to Governor, Ram Naik, the Congress legislators demanded a CBI probe or an impartial inquiry into the murder and arrest of the controversial SP legislator.
Congress legislature party leader Pradeep Mathur said Samajwadi Party MlC Akshay Pratap Singh along with his close supporters are behind the murder but government was not taking any action. ‘ Police even removed the name of Akshay from the FIR,’ he further alleged. Around 20 legislators of the Congress participated in the dharna along with other senior leaders.