Bhopal, June 18, 2012 (HMNS) : The State
Congress has accused Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan of violating model
code of conduct by announcing interest free loans to farmers and the Opposition
has asked the State Election Commission to register case against him.
Leader of Opposition in the State
Assembly Ajay Singh in a statement here on Saturday said, “The Chief Minister
is continuously misusing his office, first the dates of the local bodies
election were postponed due to his foreign tour and now he has made
announcement for interest free loans for farmers. If the State Election
Commission does not take cognisance of this, then I would lodge complaint with
it on Monday.”
Singh further said that the Chief
Minister and his party Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are continuously
slaughtering the democracy in the State. After having ridiculed the model code
of conduct in the Maheshwar byelection by misusing administration, they are now
out to influence the voters in the local bodies’ elections.
He said that Chouhan’s
announcement is clear case of overlooking the ongoing election procedure and
violation of the model code of conduct. It is also for the first time that the
State Election Commission changed the dates after announcing them because the
Chief Minister was expected to go on foreign tour.
The Leader of Opposition said
that the BJP does not have faith in the democracy and it is continuously
engaged in demolishing democracy in the State. The way the BJP and the Chief
Minister’s office pressurised the State Election Commission for changing
election and counting dates have created a question mark over the impartiality
of the commission and put it under dock.
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