A delegation of State BJP unit headed by State BJP general secretary Aditya Sahu approached the office of Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand with a plea that the State government is likely to misuse administrative mechanism in the two bye-elections to be held next month. The BJP delegation submitted a memorandum to Joint Chief Election Officer Hiralal Mandal.
The BJP leaders through the memorandum demanded the removal of Bermo sub divisional police officer Satish Chandra Jha (Deputy Superintendent of Police) from election duty.
Sahu said that Jha was earlier posted as Deputy Superintendent of Police, Bokaro but a month back he was shifted from Bokaro to Bermo as sub divisional police officer. Sahu alleged that the transfer of the police officer amounts to influencing the police mechanism during election.
A copy of the memorandum has also been sent to the Chief Election Commissioner, India.The BJP delegation comprised, State General Secretary Aditya Sahu, State Secretary Naveen Jaiswal, State Spokesperson Pradeep Sinha, State Office Secretary Hemant Das and Sudhir Srivastava. PNS
The delegation requested the Chief Electoral Officer for removal of Satish Chandra Jha from election duties for a peaceful, non-discriminatory, fair and transparent election.
Bermo and Dumka are going to poll on November 3, while the results will be declared on November 10. From Bermo the BJP has put former MLA Yogeshwar Mahto ‘Batul’. The Mahagathbandhan has given ticket to former minister and MLA, late Rajendra Prasad Singh’s son Jaimangal Singh.
Meanwhile, in other development BJP state president and Rajya Sabha MP Deepak Prakash has reacted strongly to the incident of the minor tribal girl being raped and murdered in the Patna village under Barhet, which is also Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s constituency. The BJP president raising the poor law and order situation in the State said that a 13-year-old minor girl was murdered after being raped by criminals in Patna on Monday. He said that after the incident government machinery is busy in cover-up of the incident at the behest of the state government. Prakash said, “The minor's father had given a statement that his daughter was raped and then murdered. However, the authorities refused to register a case in a police station, which shows the intention of the government and the police.”
Prakash said that there has been increase in incidents of rape in the State. Government statistics reveal that five rape incidents occur per day in the State.
Prakash said that the BJP will be forced to take to the streets across the State to protest against the cover-up of such incidents by the government.
National President of the Scheduled Tribes Front of BJP and MP Sameer Oraon condemned the incident saying that scheduled caste and scheduled tribes are being targeted in Hemant Soren government.