Posters accusing CM Chouhan of graft surface in several MP cities; Cong, BJP trade charges
Bhopal, Jun 26: A day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit here, posters targeting Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over alleged corruption surfaced in Bhopal, Indore and some other cities of the state on Monday.
The ruling BJP alleged the Congress had put up these posters, a charge denied by the Opposition party which said "people" aggrieved with corruption had pasted them as the two national outfits traded charges ahead of the year-end Assembly polls.
The PM is scheduled to visit Bhopal on Tuesday.
The Madhya Pradesh Congress, on its Twitter handle, shared videos of these posters that emerged in Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Sehore, Rewa, Mandsaur, Ujjain, Bhind, Balaghat, Budhni and some other cities. Of these, Budhni is the Assembly seat represented by Chouhan.
The posters feature a QR code and a picture of Chouhan with the message "50% Lao, Kam Karao" (bring 50 per cent and get the work done) along with leading online payment app PhonePe.
In a tweet from its official Twitter handle, the state Congress said the CM's pictures were spotted in Indore's Nanda Nagar, the home turf of BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.
"Posters of Shivraj's corruption pasted in BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya's home turf. Bring 50%, get the work done on the phone. The people of Madhya Pradesh know and recognise those who take 50% commission," the Congress said in a tweet.
The Opposition party also shared a video showing similar posters outside a park named after Chouhan's son Kartikeya in Budhni town.
"There was a 40% government in Karnataka. Shivraj defeated the BJP government of Karnataka in matter of corruption," said the Congress while sharing pictures showing the posters in Bhopal.
Asked about the CM's posters, state Congress president Kamal Nath told reporters in Bhopal that this campaign was started by the BJP.
On June 23, the posters of Chouhan and Nath containing corruption charges had surfaced surreptitiously in the state capital. The Congress leader's posters had surfaced in the Shahpura area of Bhopal dubbing him as "corrupt Nath", listing him as "wanted", and linking him to a number of "scams". These posters also featured a QR code with the message "Scam se bachne ke liye scan kare" (scan to prevent scams).
On the same day, two posters with Chouhan's pictures and captioned, "Not Shivraj, But Scam Rule" and "Shivraj's 18 years of rampant scams and frauds" with a mention of the Vyapam scam -- an admission and recruitment racket -- came up alongside a busy link road just a stone's throw away from the state Congress office.
State BJP spokesman Narendra Saluja termed the poster campaign as dirty politics of the Congress.
"Kamal Nath ji was talking very idealistically about the posters, calling them bad politics, while members of NSUI (Congress student wing) were caught red-handed in Chhindwara putting up the posters. It is being said these people were putting up the posters on Nath's instructions," Saluja said in a tweet and shared a video of some young men putting up posters.
Piyush Babele, Nath's media advisor, said the posters were put up by people who are fed up with corruption.
इंदौर के विजयनगर की सड़कों पर शिवराज का भ्रष्टाचार
— MP Congress (@INCMP) June 26, 2023
50% लाओ, फ़ोन पे काम कराओ
मध्यप्रदेश की जनता जानती है,
50% कमीशनखोरों को पहचानती है। pic.twitter.com/t7K9zCQGZf
मल्हारगढ़ की पिपलिया मंडी की सड़कों पर शिवराज का भ्रष्टाचार
— MP Congress (@INCMP) June 26, 2023
50% लाओ, फ़ोन पे काम कराओ
मध्यप्रदेश की जनता जानती है,
50% कमीशनखोरों को पहचानती है। pic.twitter.com/fyeiLBZe0h
मनासा विधानसभा की सड़कों पर शिवराज का भ्रष्टाचार
— MP Congress (@INCMP) June 26, 2023
50% लाओ, फ़ोन पे काम कराओ
मध्यप्रदेश की जनता जानती है,
50% कमीशनखोरों को पहचानती है। pic.twitter.com/twk2Enaogr
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Waqf Bill: Oppn members meet LS Speaker to protest par panel chairman's 'unilateral' decisions
New Delhi, Nov 5: Opposition members in the parliamentary committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday to register their protest against alleged "unilateral" decisions being taken by panel chairman and BJP MP Jagdambika Pal.
They said the Speaker heard them patiently and assured them of a decision at the earliest.
"It was a very nice discussion. He was very kind to us. The Speaker has very patiently heard us and said he will look into the matter," TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee said.
Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh and DMK MP A Raja spoke on similar lines.
"It was a fruitful meeting, the Speaker assured us of looking into our grievances," he said.
The MPs also submitted a memorandum to the Speaker detailing their concerns.
According to sources, the MPs submitted a letter to the Speaker, signed by Opposition MPs including Congress's Mohammad Jawed and Imran Masood, DMK's Raja, AIMIM's Asaduddin Owaisi, AAP's Sanjay Singh and TMC's Kalyan Banerjee.
Opposition MPs have accused Pal, the chairperson of the committee scrutinising the Bill, of taking "unilateral decisions" on fixing the dates of sittings -- which were at times for three consecutive days -- and whom to call as witnesses.
The MPs, in the memorandum, urged the Speaker to direct the Chairman of the JPC to have a formal consultation with members of the Committee before taking decisions on such issues, according to sources
They had also said they may be forced to "disassociate with JPC once for all as we have been stonewalled".
To a query on the issue on Tuesday, the MPs refused to divulge details. "We cannot reveal the details of the conversation," Singh said.
On whether they will continue to attend the meetings of the joint committee of the two Houses, Banerjee said, "Yes we will attend because the Speaker is looking into the matter".
The committee's proceedings have been stormy amid frequent protests from opposition members over a host of issues, while the BJP members have accused them of deliberately trying to scuttle its work.
