Following senior Congress leader Karuna Shukla and other Congress leaders storming into the premises of BJP’s divisional office ‘Ekatma Parisar’ in Raipur alleging insult to ashes of former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Tuesday, the BJP has filed a police complaint seeking FIR against the Congress leaders.
State BJP Spokesperson Sanjay Shrivastava, Chhttisgarh State Industrial Development Corporation (CSIDC) Chairman Chhagan Mundra, party’s Legal Cell In-charge Naresh Gupta reached Moudhapara police station on Wednesday and registered a written complaint.
The party leaders after registering the written complaint sought to register First Information Report (FIR) against Congress leader Karuna Shukla, Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CGPCC) President Bhupesh Baghel and other Congress leaders.
The BJP leaders in a statement said that when the Congress leaders were staging demonstration, an important meeting was in progress in the BJP office's at Ekatma Parisar in presence of Chief Minister Raman Singh alongwith other top leadership of the party.
The Congress party had alleged insult of urn containing ashes of Bharat Ratna former Prime Minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee which it alleged were not immersed as per rituals and kept in the BJP office.
Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CGPCC) President Bhupesh Baghel had tweeted that if the BJP cannot keep the urn with ashes of late PM with due respect, it should be handed over to Congress party, so that it can be immersed with due traditions.It may be recalled that Congress leader Karuna Shukla, who is niece of late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, CGPCC chief Bhupesh Baghel along with other Congress leaders had reached the BJP office to seek the urn with ashes.
At the gate of BJP’s office, activists of both parties resorted to sloganeering which later led to a tussle. With situation going out of control, police had arrested all the Congress leaders entering the BJP's office premises.
State BJP President Dharamlal Kaushik later called a press conference to clarify on the issue while rejecting the claims made by Congress leaders.