BHOPAL: War of words between the Congress and BJP over the death of a Dalit in Sagar is getting grimmer by the day.
Launching a scathing attack on the BJP, Congress media president Sobha Oza BJP alleged that BJP never had any respect for the Dalits, on December 11,1950 ‘they’ burnt copies of Constitution and effigy of Dr. BR Ambedkar.
Oza while talking to media here on Wednesday also cited various examples of atrocities and wrongs against dalits which occurred during BJP regime in MP.
She alleged that the Dalits were harassed and killed, but the ex-CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan preferred to remain oblivious to those cases.
She said in Pillari village of Sagar district seven dalits were killed in a road accident but the then CM did not bother to reach out their kin.
Similarly, when three dalits were killed after being hit by car of Tikamgarh MLA and nephew of ex-CM Uma Bharti Rahul Lodhi, no BJP leader reached out their kin to console them, she said.
The state working president Surendra Choudhary and other were present.
SP, SHO on radar
Sources claimed that as the situation will calm down the Motinagar police station SHO and SP of Sagar Amit Sanghi will be shifted.
