3 senior BJP MLAs in Gujarat protest against own government, say many more with them
Gujarat, June 28: Three senior MLAs of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat came out in public late on Wednesday evening expressing their resentment against the BJP government in the state. The three MLAs are from Vadodara district.
They have claimed that more than a dozen other MLAs are with them.
This was hours after Chief Minister Vijay Rupani flew out the country on a six-day tour.
The three MLAs are: Madhu Srivastava from Waghodia constituency, Yogesh Patel from Manjalpur and Ketan Inamdar from Savli.
They have asserted that several state ministers and the bureaucracy were not listening to them and are showing a callous attitude to public representatives.
Incidentally, BJP President Amit Shah was in his home state on Wednesday but the MLAs chose to vent their grievances before the media, also claiming that many more legislators were angry with the working of the government.
Madhu Srivastava, who is a six-time MLA, said that other MLAs who share the same sentiments will come out in future.
"Today, we are three but tomorrow there may be 13 or 23. Today we three, Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh, have got together. Now let anything happen," Srivastava said.
"Ever since the present government took charge six months ago, the bureaucrats in the state are working at their whims and fancies. And when we go to meet the ministers on the designated days for us, we are unable to see them," Srivastava told reporters, as Patel and Inamdar nodded in agreement.
Concurring with Srivastava, Yogesh Patel said that their only demand was that when they seek resolution to the issues of their electorate, it must be sorted out, but this was not happening.
Asked if they had made a representation to the chief minister about this, Srivastava said, "We are not going to stand in queue (to meet him) if the officials did not allow them."
Ketan Inamdar said their anger was not against the party or the government but with the attitude of the officials.
"The government which is trying to do best for the people should surely have control over the bureaucracy. But it appears that the officials have got thick-skinned," he said.
The BJP swiftly swung into action, asking senior Cabinet minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama to intervene.
"Whatever be the issue, I, Nitin Bhai (Deputy Chief Minister) and Jitubhai Vaghani (state BJP President) will speak to them in person and sort out their issues," Chudasama said.
BJP spokesperson Bharat Pandya said, "The three have been summoned by the state party chief for a meeting in person. We have touched base with them and asked them to put forth their grievances on the right forum."
Courtesy: www.indiatoday.in
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Palaniswami will meet same fate of Bihar CM, says Stalin
Madurai (PTI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday claimed that AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami would meet the same fate as Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, at the hands of the BJP.
Only till 2026 TN Assembly polls, Palaniswami will be AIADMK chief, and later the BJP would "ease him out of office," Stalin alleged and slammed Palaniswami as an epitome of "betrayal".
"The BJP will dislodge Palaniswami from the top AIADMK post of general secretary, and bring a leader of its choice to that position," he said after welcoming scores of O Panneerselvam's supporters into the DMK in a rally organised in Madurai.
The expelled AIADMK leader had joined the DMK along with his former MP son O Ravindranath, in the presence of Stalin on February 27 in Chennai.
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