Refuting the charges levelled by State Congress president Bhupesh Baghel and leader of the Opposition in the Assembly TS Singhdeo against the Assembly speaker Gaurishankar Agrawal, BJP State vice-president and spokesperson Sachchidanand Upasane said on Saturday that the Congress lacks real issue and in frustration it is targeting the Speaker.
In a press conference at BJP state headquarters here, Upasane said that by raising meaningless issues the Congress leaders have been making desperate efforts to tell people of the State that the party was alive despite crushing defeats in Assembly polls in November last year and in lok Sabha polls.
The BJP made a strong defense of Assembly speaker on Saturday in the alleged land grab case in Raipur area and said that Congress has conspired against Agrawal and is unnecessarily targeting him.
Upasane said that the father of Assembly speaker Agrawal, the late Chhaganlal Agrawal, in accordance to public feeling, had taken the responsibility of renovation of three temples located at Mahadev Ghat on outskirts of Raipur, as it is an ancient religious place having unlimited possibilities for tourism.
Agrawal, as per wishes of his father, had completed the work and by dedicating that to the people, has given the identity of his religious and selfless service. He has also constructed a Dharmshala for the devotees, he added.
Upasane claimed that a Trust has been constituted for making arrangements and maintenance of the temple, which has many office-bearers, besides Gaurishankar Agrawal. At present, on the orders of Raipur collector, the temple has been handed over to the Raipur Municipal Corporation. Besides Agrawal, no other member of his family has any right on the temple. Anybody can go and perform pooja in the temple and even now hundreds of rural devotees perform prayers on each day, he added.
He questioned that whether the Congress leaders wanted to demolish the temple at Mahadev Ghat. He said that the condition of Congress men is like an injured cat.