Govt feigned to review security to save its face: Cong

Raipur, June 22, 2013

Congress on Saturday alleged that the government feigned to review security of vikas yatra and parivartan yatra to save its face. “By convening meeting of chief secretary and other officials to review security of the two yatras, chief minister Raman Singh is only trying to save his government’s face,” charged Congress spokesperson Shailesh Nitin Trivedi.

He said there was no use of review meeting after May 25 incident that killed top-rung Congress leaders including PCC president Nandkumar Patel, veteran leader Vidya Charan Shukla, senior tribal leader Mahendra Karma, former MLA Uday Mudliyar and others. 

He said the two back-to-back Maoists’ attacks on June 20 and 21 were evident indicators that the government was not serious in dealing security issues. 

He indicated that while June 20 naxal attack was aimed to affected Keshkal bypoll, June 21 attack on convoy of youth Congress led by state YC vice president Deepak Mishra at Nnerli valley at Dantewada-Bacheli road was intended to frighten the principal opposition. 

He said acting PCC chief Charandas Mahant, CLP leader Ravindra Choubey, party’s programme coordinator Bhupesh Baghel and senior leader Satyanarayan Sharma too would have become victim of government’s political conspiracy if they had been party of parivartan yatra convoy on May 25, 2013.  

He said if the government had courage then it should clarify why it pulled paramilitary forces from Darbha region one week before May 25 incident when it had received inputs from intelligence regarding Maoists’ movement in the area.

He said the government should also tell the number of security personnel it had pressed for its vikas yatra and Congress parivartan yatra.