Parmar dismisses charge, says will make Pal apologise

LAMPUR, April 18

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Vipin Singh Parmar, Speaker of state assembly and an MLA from Sulaha constituency, today denied the allegations of Congress leader Jagjivan Pal who had held the Speaker guilty of violating the Covid protocol in his constituency by organising large gatherings, public meeting and religious functions.

Addressing news conference here, Parmar said the allegation leveled against him by the Congress leaders were not based on facts and politically motivated with an intention to tarnish his image. Parmar said he had always followed the Covid guidelines issued by the state government or the Government of India while holding functions and public meeting in his area. He said there were certain important function in his area like celebration of Ambedkar Jayanti which were important, where he properly followed the proper guidelines.

He said the BJP would soon organize a dharna against the Congress leader and force him to apologize for launching a sinister campaign against him.

Earlier in a press conference Congress leader Jagjivan Pal had threatened to stop all high profile programmes of the Speaker in Sulaha area being organized against the Covid protocol guidelines which were spreading Covid 19 infection putting lives of people at risk. He alleged that the Speaker had organized a community lunch in the areas where hundreds of people gathered. Pal had warned the Speaker to stop holding big gathering and respect the directions pertaining to Covid protocol. — OC