Patna: FIR lodged against 63 BJP top leaders after Vidhan Sabha march

After the July 13 Assembly March, the Bihar Police slapped a case against 63 key leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for breaking barricades and for violating the law. BJP state chief Samrat Choudhary, former union ministers, former deputy CMs were among those who were named in the FIR.

Patna (Bihar) : The Bihar Police came down heavily on the BJP prominent leaders for holding their assembly march in Patna on July 13. A case has been filed against 63 senior BJP leaders for breaking barricades and creating ruckus in violation of the restrictions. The FIR has been lodged against state BJP president Samrat Choudhary, former deputy CMs Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi, former Union minister Shahnawaz Hussain among others.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders launched protests on many issues in the capital Patna. Tension mounted on that day when the assembly march was taken out by the BJP from the historical Gandhi Maidan of Patna via Ramgoolam Chowk to the Dak Bungalow square of Patna, where the police tried to stop them. For many hours there was a scuffle with BJP workers, MPs and MLAs, in which many workers were also injured, while policemen also sustained wounds.

In view of which the police registered an FIR against 63 key BJP leaders. They were released from the police station after giving the bond. Along with this, a case was also registered against 7 to 8 thousand unknown activists. Due to this action of the police, once again the BJP has taken an aggressive stand. The FIR also named former union minister Ramkripal Yadav, Aurangabad MP Sushil Kumar Singh, former Bihar ministers Nitin Navin and Mangal Pandey.

Magistrate posted along with Kotwali police station in-charge and many policemen were also injured. It has been alleged that the protesters used chilli powder. Many workers were injured due to lathicharge on the furious crowd. On the other hand, BJP alleges that Vijay Singh of Jehanabad died in lathicharge. After the death of the worker, the politics of Bihar has reached its peak.

Even after the registration of FIR, BJP leaders continued their protests. On the other hand, BJP National President JP Nadda has formed a four-member team to submit a report on the issue. The team consisting of Raghuvar Das, Manoj Tiwari, Vishnu Dayal Ram, Sunita Duggal will come to Patna and will hand over their report to the BJP high command soon.