BJP to protest outside Assembly on March 27

The BJP will hold a protest outside the Vidhan Sabha on March 27 against rampant corruption and the alleged mafia rule under the Congress government, said state BJP president Rajeev Bindal and Leader of the Opposition Jai Ram Thakur while addressing mediapersons here today.

They said that workers from all over the state would arrive at the Vidhan Sabha to protest against false promises, failed guarantees, rampant corruption and the alleged mafia raj flourishing under patronage from the government.

Bindal said that the drug, forest, transfer, scrap and mining mafias were flourishing under the patronage of the state government. “The Congress has been in power for two and a half years and every section of people are totally disappointed with it for not fulfilling any of the election guarantees,” he added. He alleged that the government had failed to create one lakh jobs every year, disappointing the unemployed youth.

Thakur said, “The Congress has been ruling the state for more than two years but most of the claims made by its government are false.” He added that though the BJP legislators were raising all these issue in the Assembly, the BJP would now stage a protest outside the House on March 27.

The Leader of the Opposition said that employees were not getting salaries while pensioners were not getting pension and the social security pension had also not been disbursed. “No money is being released under the MLA Priority Fund being recommended by the legislators. Directions have been issued to the treasury not to release more than Rs 10,000 under the MLA Priority Fund," he alleged.

Thakur said that the law and order situation in the state was bad and murders and rapes were taking place regularly. Besides, more than 10 youth had died due to drug overdose in the recent past. He alleged that the situation was worrisome but the government was not serious to take corrective measures.