BJP workers led by Agrawal, Rajesh gherao CG State Election Commission
   Date :07-Jan-2020

BJP workers led by Agrawa
 BJP workers and office-bearers, led by Brijmohan Agrawal and Rajesh Munat, staging gherao of State Election Commission.
 
Staff Reporter :
 
RAIPUR,
 
Demanding cancellation of elections for the posts of Mayor and Speaker in Raipur Municipal Corporation, the Bharatiya Janata Party staged gherao of the office of State Election Commission, on Monday. The party even filed petition in the High Court of Chhattisgarh for obtaining stay into the process but the High Court rejected the same. It is worth mentioning here that BJP Corporator Suryankant Rathore had filed a writ petition in the High Court of Chhattisgarh demanding a stay into the process of election for the post of Mayor and Speaker in Raipur Municipal Corporation, citing irregularities in the process.
 
However the High Court rejected the petition on certain grounds. In the meanwhile, large numbers of BJP workers and office-bearers led by former Ministers Brijmohan Agrawal and Rajesh Munat staged gherao before the entrance of State Election Commission leveling charges against it that it is working under pressure of state government.
 
They demanded that the process should be cancelled and re-notified for another day. Talking to media Brijmohan Agrawal said the election process for the post of Mayor and Speaker being held in Raipur Municipal Corporation, is completely unconstitutional. They alleged that such polluted environment should be corrected with immediate affect. Agrawal further alleged that the State Election Commission is acting on the behest of ruling Congress which is trying to influence in order to carry out horse trading. Former Minister Rajesh Munat while leveling allegations of misuse of power and official machinery. They alleged that in all other municipal corporations elections of Mayor and Speaker are being held jointly then why it is so that it is being done separately in Raipur.
 
BJP State President Vikram Usendi while reacting sharply to rampant misuse of power and official machinery in the election of Mayor and Speaker in municipal corporations, said the BJP had been prompt in raising issues and complaining to the State Election Commission from the very day the notification was issued despite massive irregularities had taken place in the complete election procedure. He said ruling party misused power and official machinery blatantly while the Commission remained a mere spectator.