The Congress on Sunday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of committing atrocities during the 15 years it ruled Chhattisgarh.
Congress Communication wing head Sushil Anand Shukla said that recent reports of judicial probe commissions pointed to "genocide" in Chhattisgarh during the BJP reign. The party should repent for its poor governance record, it said.Shukla said in a statement that innocent people in the state were killed brutally during BJP rule and the charges leveled by the Congress then have proved to be true now. Administrative terrorism was the main character of the BJP, he added.Shukla cited what he said were fake encounters in Madanwada, Sarkeguda, Edasmeta and Peddagelur, arson in Talmetla, killing of children and terming them Naxalites, sexual assaults and the killing of Meena Khalko and Madkam Hidme.