Congress claims BJP ‘sponsored’ communal violence in Madhya Pradesh
The HinduCongress on Wednesday alleged that the ruling BJP " In a memorandum submitted to the State Director General of Police, the Opposition party also alleged that the houses of those allegedly involved in violence were being pulled down without following due procedure. The ruling party has been "misusing the power" and " While violence was reported in Raisen and Ratlam a few weeks ago, trouble broke out at Khargone and Sendhwa during Ram Navami celebrations on Sunday. Congress legislator Arif Masood, who was part of the delegation which met the DGP, said there were instances where some dispute broke out at night and the administration started demolishing the houses the next morning "on the basis of a list sent by the BJP office and without ascertaining who were actually involved." Congress' memorandum also pointed out that no First Information Report was registered when senior BJP leader and former chief minister Uma Bharti was seen, in a video, pelting stones at a liquor shop in Bhopal during an agitation.