By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: AMID preparations for election to the submit of chairman in panchayat samitis, the BJP on Wednesday charged the ruling BJD with resorting to intimidation of samiti members and sarpanchs owing allegiance to the saffron get together.
Accusing police of terrorising the BJP-supported sarpanchs and panchayat samiti members, State BJP common secretary Lekhashree Samantsinghar informed media individuals that eight elected representatives of Astarang block in Puri district are beneath menace of arrest for allegedly kidnapping BJD samiti members.
As the BJP is ready to elect certainly one of its candidates as block chairman in Astaranga, the BJD is making all potential efforts to cease it. The native police led by IIC of Astaranga police station have allegedly raided the homes of the BJP-supported samiti members by breaking open locks.
“When we contacted the Superintendent of Police of Puri district, he replied that the police was making a search to rescue kidnapped elected members of the BJD. The local police was working on the complaints that some of the BJD elected members have been kidnapped and kept in the houses of some BJP-supported members,” Samantsinghar mentioned.
She mentioned related reviews have began arriving from different districts the place the BJD with the assistance of the native administration are making efforts to win submit of chairman. The BJP chief additional alleged that the police is threatening members elected together with her get together to increase assist to BJD candidate for the submit of block chairman failing which they’d be booked beneath National Security Act (NAC). In such case they’d not get bail for six months.
“The power hungry BJD turned violent before the election to the three-tier panchayat elections by attacking BJP candidates at their will. All the complaints against BJD’s undemocratic practices to the State Election Commission went unheeded. We have lost faith on the administration which is openly supporting the ruling party,” she remarked.
Condemning in unsure phrases to such hooliganism of the ruling get together, Samantsinghar mentioned her get together had sought rapid intervention of the SEC and requested the Commission to take motion towards the Astaranga police.
