The six member BJP fact finding team comprising Lok Sabha MPs from across the Country, which was stopped from visiting Burugulikera village in Gudri block of Chaibasa, where seven tribals were killed by pro Pathalgadi supporters, has submitted its report to BJP national president JP Nadda. The team in their report has highlighted about the incident and the “worsening law and order situation” in area after the incident.
The 10 page report comprises “Government’s failure to check law and order situation in the area” leading to killing of seven tribals by pro Pathalgadi supporters. BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP, Samir Oraon and part of the delegation said, “The fact finding team though were stopped by district administration from reaching the incident site, but our local leaders including former MLA Guru Charan Nayak, who were camping in the area had found that government was protecting Pro Pathalgadi supporters.”
He also said that with government support to Pathalgadi movement gained momentum as Chief Minister Hemant Soren after visiting the incident site had said that those who were killed and those behind the incident are both our people. Chief Minister Hemant Soren after assuming office in his first Cabinet announced to withdraw cases against people for taking part in Pathalgadi Movement in Khunti in 2018.
The Pathalgadi movement hit the national headlines in 2018, after many tribal villages in Khunti and Simdega areas putting up giant plaques declaring their gram sabha as the only sovereign authority and banning outsiders from their areas. The pathalgadi supporters allegedly abducted and gangraped five NGO workers in June 2018. After the incident, then Raghubar Das Government had decided to tackle the situation with iron hand against Pathalgadi and their leader Yosuf Purty. The BJP MP claimed that the delegation will also meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah submitting the report.
The committee comprises Gujarat MP Jaswant Singh Bhabhor, Jharkhand MP Sameer Oraon, Maharashtra MP Bharti Pawar, Chhattisgarh MP Gomti Sai, West Bengal MP John Barla, former Jharkhand Minister Neelkanth Singh Munda.
The delegation had to visit Burugulikera village in Gudri block of Chaibasa, but where stopped at Sonua-30 km from incident site. The BJP delegation was stopped from visiting the site as the district administration had clamped prohibitory orders.
The BJP delegation, which was stopped from visiting the area next day staged dharna near Raj Bhavan protesting against incident and administrative strictness for not allowing the delegation to visit incident site. The BJP delegation which sat on dharna comprises former Chief Minister Raghubar Das, former Assembly speaker Dinesh Oraon among others.