The Congress in Madhya Pradesh alleged on Tuesday that eight of its MLAs have been forcefully kept at a hotel in Gurugram, Haryana, NDTV r...
The Congress in Madhya Pradesh alleged on Tuesday that eight of its MLAs have been forcefully kept at a hotel in Gurugram, Haryana, NDTV reported. Madhya Pradesh Finance Minister Tarun Bhanot said that two ministers who went to meet the MLAs holed up at the ITC Maratha Hotel were not allowed entry.
“One of our MLAs and former minister Bisahulal Singh rang us and informed us that they have been forcefully kept at the ITC Maratha Hotel in Gurugram and not being allowed to go out,” Bhanot told NDTV. “Our two ministers, Jaivardhan Singh and Jeetu Patwari, who went to the concerned hotel in Gurugram to meet the eight MLAs after getting the phone call from one of the legislators, are not being allowed entry in the hotel.”
Bhanot alleged that the situation was the result of the fact that a Bharatiya Janata Party government was in power in Haryana. He claimed that former minister Narottam Mishra was also involved.
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh alleged that former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Mishra have been trying to lure the legislators by offering them Rs 25 crore to Rs 35 crore each, in “installments”. “Didn’t BJP’s former minister Bhupendra Singh take BSP [Bahujan Samaj Party] MLA Rambai to...
