Chhatisgarh BJP to boycott functions

By Our Staff Correspondent

RAIPUR, MAY 3: The fact-finding team of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs, probing the excesses on their party workers here last week, will seek the Centre's intervention in invoking provisions of Article 355 of the Constitution to ensure that the State Government functions in a democratic manner as enshrined in the Constitution.

A two-member team, comprising Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad

and Mr. Ashok Pradhan, which spent two days here ascertaining details of the lathicharge, will submit its report to the Prime Minister and the Union Home

Minister, Mr. L.K.Advani.

Describing the incident as ``pre-planned'', Mr. Prasad said the attack had been intended to ``teach a lesson to the main Opposition party here. But, we will not take things lying low. Let this be clear to the Chief Minister,'' he said.

During their visit, the two MPs met the State Home Minister, the DM and the SP. While the Home Minister had admitted that there were lapses on the part of the administration, the MPs were highly critical of the behaviour of the SP.

Even in States like Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir any excesses by the Armymen are considered violation of human rights and action taken against the erring men. However, no action has been taken here, Mr. Prasad said.

The State unit of the BJP has also decided to boycott all State functions as a mark of protest against the police action.

All elected representatives, right from panchayat to Parliament, have been directed not to attend any programme in which the Chief Minister or his colleagues are present.

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