BJP’s choose for Bhanupratappur bypoll is rape accused: Chhattisgarh Cong tells authorities
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RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh Congress on Monday complained to the returning officer (RO) searching for cancellation of the candidature of Bharatiya Janata Party’s Brahmanand Netam for the Bhanupratappur bypoll for allegedly concealing in his election affidavit a rape case registered in opposition to him.
The Congress had, on Sunday, claimed Netam is an accused in a rape case lodged in 2019 in neighbouring Jharkhand and that he had not talked about its particulars in his election affidavit.
Netam had refuted the costs and termed it because the Congress’ conspiracy to malign his picture.
The December 5 bypoll to the Scheduled Tribe-reserved Bhanupratappur seat in Kanker district was necessitated as a result of dying of Congress MLA and deputy speaker of the Assembly Manoj Singh Mandavi final month.
On Monday, state Congress chief Mohan Markam reached the workplace of RO Sumit Agrawal, who can also be Chief Executive Officer of Kanker Zila Panchayat, and submitted a grievance searching for cancellation of Netam’s candidature.
“Netam has concealed the criminal offence registered against him in the election affidavit, which is a violation of the Representation of People Act 1951. Therefore, we have demanded the RO cancel his nomination,” Markam advised reporters.
“The true character of BJP has been exposed before the people. The act of the BJP to nominate a rape accused for the bypoll has brought shame to the entire state. It should apologise to the people of Bhanupratappur as well as Chhattisgarh,” he added.
The state Congress has submitted the same grievance to the Chief Electoral Officer in Raipur.
Markam has alleged Jharkhand police had lodged a case at Telco police station in Jamshedpur on May 15, 2019 a couple of 15-year-old woman being allegedly pushed into the flesh commerce and raped by a number of individuals.
He had alleged the case was lodged below sections 366 A, 376, 376 (3), 376 AB, 129B of the Indian Penal Code, sections 4 and 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.
As per Markam, 5 individuals have been held within the case initially, whereas Netam, a former BJP MLA and a local of Charama city in Kanker, and 4 others have been additionally named as accused.
According to the Jharkhand police’s report, Netam had allegedly raped the sufferer when she was delivered to Raipur by different accused, Markam had claimed.
Rejecting the allegations, Netam had advised reporters no such case was registered in opposition to him.
Meanwhile, Raipur district’s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Prashant Agrawal has suspended constable Keshav Sinha, who was additionally named as accused in the identical case.
Agrawal advised PTI Sinha was positioned below suspension after it got here to mild on Sunday he was an accused within the rape case lodged at Jharkhand’s Telco police station in 2019.
RAIPUR: The Chhattisgarh Congress on Monday complained to the returning officer (RO) searching for cancellation of the candidature of Bharatiya Janata Party’s Brahmanand Netam for the Bhanupratappur bypoll for allegedly concealing in his election affidavit a rape case registered in opposition to him.
The Congress had, on Sunday, claimed Netam is an accused in a rape case lodged in 2019 in neighbouring Jharkhand and that he had not talked about its particulars in his election affidavit.
Netam had refuted the costs and termed it because the Congress’ conspiracy to malign his picture.
The December 5 bypoll to the Scheduled Tribe-reserved Bhanupratappur seat in Kanker district was necessitated as a result of dying of Congress MLA and deputy speaker of the Assembly Manoj Singh Mandavi final month.
On Monday, state Congress chief Mohan Markam reached the workplace of RO Sumit Agrawal, who can also be Chief Executive Officer of Kanker Zila Panchayat, and submitted a grievance searching for cancellation of Netam’s candidature.
“Netam has concealed the criminal offence registered against him in the election affidavit, which is a violation of the Representation of People Act 1951. Therefore, we have demanded the RO cancel his nomination,” Markam advised reporters.
“The true character of BJP has been exposed before the people. The act of the BJP to nominate a rape accused for the bypoll has brought shame to the entire state. It should apologise to the people of Bhanupratappur as well as Chhattisgarh,” he added.
The state Congress has submitted the same grievance to the Chief Electoral Officer in Raipur.
Markam has alleged Jharkhand police had lodged a case at Telco police station in Jamshedpur on May 15, 2019 a couple of 15-year-old woman being allegedly pushed into the flesh commerce and raped by a number of individuals.
He had alleged the case was lodged below sections 366 A, 376, 376 (3), 376 AB, 129B of the Indian Penal Code, sections 4 and 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act.
As per Markam, 5 individuals have been held within the case initially, whereas Netam, a former BJP MLA and a local of Charama city in Kanker, and 4 others have been additionally named as accused.
According to the Jharkhand police’s report, Netam had allegedly raped the sufferer when she was delivered to Raipur by different accused, Markam had claimed.
Rejecting the allegations, Netam had advised reporters no such case was registered in opposition to him.
Meanwhile, Raipur district’s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Prashant Agrawal has suspended constable Keshav Sinha, who was additionally named as accused in the identical case.
Agrawal advised PTI Sinha was positioned below suspension after it got here to mild on Sunday he was an accused within the rape case lodged at Jharkhand’s Telco police station in 2019.
