Bihar BJP observes ‘black day’ in protest against party leader’s death in lathi charge
The Hindu
BJP observed 'black day' in Bihar legislature to protest lathi charge by the police resulting in the death of one of their leaders, during the party’s protest march. The BJP strongly condemned the lathi charge and submitted a memorandum to the Governor.
On the last day of the monsoon session, the BJP on Friday observed a ‘black day’ in the Bihar legislature by wearing black ribbons to protest against the lathi charge which resulted in the death of one of the party leaders.
BJP State president Samrat Choudhary and Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly Vijay Kumar Sinha strongly condemned the lathi charge and staged a ‘Raj Bhavan March’ along with MLAs and MLCs.
They submitted a memorandum to the Governor and termed the lathi charge ‘dictatorship’ of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
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“Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is responsible for the death of BJP leader Vijay Singh. Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav should resign now. The way the police beaten up our workers and leaders, it clearly indicates a planned conspiracy to treat BJP leaders as terrorists and criminals. Even the manual says the police are supposed to hit any criminal below the knee but police lathi-charged on the upper parts of the body,” Mr. Choudhary said on the Assembly premises.
Asked about Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Rajeev Mishra denying that Mr. Singh was not injured in lathi charge, Mr. Sinha said, “Police are telling lies, before the postmortem how could he give such a statement. Police have manipulated the evidence of his death. We have identified all those police officers and once we will come to power, we will make sure that action is taken against them.”
Later, the BJP delegation led by Mr. Choudhary, Mr. Sinha and former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi met Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar and urged him to take action against the lathi-charge incident.
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