Violent protest at Raipur Municipality office: FIR against 100 BJP learders
Raipur: Chhattisgarh police have filed an FIR against more than 100 BJP leaders and workers for injuries to police staff and damage to public property during a protest at the Raipur Municipal Corporation office on December 29.
A lady DSP, who suffered a cut in the neck, was among those injured in the violent stir at the head office of the RMC, reports Times of India.
Around 5,000 Opposition BJP workers had protested on December 29, accusing the RMC of corruption and failing to provide amenities to the residents of the city. The protesters were led by senior leaders like Brijmohan Agarwal, MP Sunil Soni and Rajesh Munat.
With the protest ending in a fight, the BJP and the police accused each other of launching the assault.
The police said that the protesters attacked the cops and manhandled the lady staff, along with trying to tear the uniforms of the cops.
Vinay Mishra, commissioner of the RMC Zone-4, complained to the police that the BJP protesters vandalized the head office building of the RMC and damaged government property. When the cops tried to stop the workers, the latter abused and attacked the police, the commissioner added.
He has said in his complaint that a constable was injured near the ear, a lady constable was struck on the eye with a wet clay ball, while another lady cop was also attacked.
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Confident we are going to win Kerala: Shashi Tharoor
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday expressed confidence in the victory of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala, saying the Congress-led alliance will win more than 75 seats out of the total 140 in the state.
Tharoor, who hails from Kerala, said he was not surprised to see the results of the exit polls, most of which predicted a victory for the UDF that has been out of power for 10 years in the state.
"We have been on the ground. I have campaigned in 59 constituencies across 12 districts out of 14. I was very confident we are going to win.
"Everything that I have picked up from not just my party colleagues and workers but also from other observers, media and others have always convinced me that we were going to score a comfortable win of above 75 seats. And all the (exit) polls have confirmed the same thing," he told reporters here.
The Thiruvananthapuram MP said he was not surprised to see the results of the exit polls but in general he was not a big fan of exit polls in India.
"Because ours is not purely a homogenous society. We have to take into account gender issue, caste issue, class issue, regional disparities. You never get a convincingly large enough sample to give an accurate poll and now there is the additional complication that we have heard about in West Bengal this year that many people are unwilling to answer the questions of the pollsters," he said.
The Congress leader said normally, it used to be below 10 per cent that people said that they would not answer.
"Even if you are a reputable exit pollster, in Bengal, one polling company has said 60 per cent of people refused to answer. So, what is the worth of a poll where 60 per cent of your respondents have not answered," he said.
Several exit polls on Wednesday predicted a comeback by the Congress-led UDF in Kerala after 10 years, dethroning the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF).
Polling for the 140-member Kerala assembly was held on April 9. Results of assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Puducherry, besides Kerala, will be announced on May 4.
