The Congress party has called for ‘Bastar Bandh’ on Thursday in protest of cane charge on its members in Jagdalpur during ‘Save Democracy in Bastar’.
Former leader of Opposition, Ravindra Choubey, while addressing a press conference at the party’s State headquarters Congress Bhawan here alleged that some officials in Bastar are acting as ‘ruling party agents’.
According to Choubey the Bastar district administration had also tried to foil the Congress party’s agitation programme but they could not succeed.
While mentioning about misbehaviour with Dantewada MlA Dehuti Karma, he said that reports of molestation and rape of tribal women in Bastar appear on regular intervals but no serious action has been taken.
Abhanpur legislator Dhanendra Sahu who was also present in the press conference alleged that elected representatives in Bastar are being threatened, that they would be implicated in false cases.
Several party workers are also facing false cases just to ensure curbing of political activities in the region, he said.