A controversy erupted in Chhattisgarh on Sunday after Congress MLA Brihaspati Singh alleged that his party colleague and the state’s healt...
A controversy erupted in Chhattisgarh on Sunday after Congress MLA Brihaspati Singh alleged that his party colleague and the state’s health minister TS Singh Deo could get him killed, ANI reported.
The police had named the minister’s relative, Sachin Singh Deo, in a first information report they filed in connection with an attack on Singh’s convoy.
The MLA’s convoy was passing through Ambikapur city on Saturday evening when the accused, upset about being overtaken, stopped an escort vehicle, broke its windshield and hurled abuses at a security officer, according to NDTV.
The police filed then a case under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act as well as sections of the Indian Penal Code. Three people have been taken into custody, The Times of India reported.
While speaking to the media about the incident, the MLA indicated that Deo wasn’t happy about his favourable remarks about Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. Several other Congress MLAs were also at the press briefing.
“Recently, during a press conference, I said that there is no rotational chief minister post arrangement in the state and that Chief Minister Bhupesh Bahel has been doing a great job,” Singh was quoted as saying by the Hindustan Times. “If he continues to do the same work he will remain in the post...
