Day after Congress declares candidate, M.P. govt accepts Deputy Collector’s resignation
The Hindu
A day after the Congress declared its candidate for Madhya Pradesh’s Amla seat for the upcoming Assembly polls, the State Government on October 24 accepted the resignation of Deputy Collector Nisha Bangre, who was earlier expected to enter the poll fray from Amla on a Congress ticket.
A day after the Congress declared its candidate for Madhya Pradesh’s Amla seat for the upcoming Assembly polls, the State Government on October 24 accepted the resignation of Deputy Collector Nisha Bangre, who was earlier expected to enter the poll fray from Amla on a Congress ticket.
In an order dated October 23, the General Administration Department, M.P. Government, also ended the departmental proceedings against Ms. Bangre, 32, that had been started after she allegedly defied a government order denying her permission to attend an all-religion prayer for the inauguration of her new home in Amla of Betel district.
The moves comes after the Madhya Pradesh High Court, hearing a plea by Ms. Bangre on the delay in accepting her resignation, on Friday had directed the government to decide on Ms. Bangre’s resignation and conclude the proceedings against her by Monday.
The Congress had already declared its candidates on 229 of 230 Assembly seats in the State while holding the announcement on Amla seat. Party sources had confirmed that the party wanted to field Ms. Bangre from the seat and was waiting for decision on her resignation. However, the Congress late on Monday fielded party leader Manoj Malve.
M.P. Congress media in-charge K.K. Mishra said, “The party waited for the government to accept her resignation but the BJP played it very cunningly. They had accepted her resignation on Monday itself but released the order dated October 23 on Tuesday after the Congress declared its candidate.”
“Was the government waiting for Amla to be declared the Congress candidate? When Nisha Bangre had not even declared from which party she would contest the elections, then why was the government so afraid of her?,” he said.
A source in the Congress, however, said that the party is likely to change the candidate on Amla seat.
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