Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday flayed the police action against economist and social activist Jean Dreze in BJP- ruled Jharkhand.
“Why the BJP government has so much hatred against those who voluntarily work for poor and tribals?” Baghel posed, condemning the police action.
The BJP only wanted to work for affluent, he added.
The Jharkhand police on Thursday detained Dreze , who also served as an advisor in the Manmohan Singh-led government for allegedly trying to organise a public meeting at Bishunpura in Gadhwa district of Jharkhand without permission.
The 59-year-old Belgian-born Dreze is one of the leading development economists, who has been working in India since the 1970s.
Dreze, who has taken Indian citizen, is known for his sharp criticism of the economic policies of the Narendra Modi government.