2 min readJaipurJun 2, 2016 05:11 AM IST
First published on: Jun 2, 2016 at 05:11 AM IST
Social activists on Wednesday accused chief minister Vasundhara Raje of shielding BJP MLA Kanwar Lal Meena, who allegedly attacked the ‘Jawabdehi Yatra’ led by Right to Information (RTI) activists in January this year.
While Meena has denied any role in the incident, activists led by Aruna Roy, Nikhil Dey and Kavita Srivastava have repeatedly furnished videos showing the MLA purportedly attacking members of the ‘Jawabdehi Yatra’ in Aklera, which falls under Jhalawar, the chief minister’s assembly constituency.
Roy and Dey claimed that home minister Gulab Chand Kataria told them that he was unable to act against Meena since his ‘file’ had been ‘stopped’ by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje.
Kataria, however, denied making any such claim.
“The matter has been investigated but the file has been stopped. I don’t know from where, but right now there’s no progress on it,” Kataria told The Indian Express.
The activists said such a move would hinder the proper implementation of law and order in the state and set a bad precedent.
“People keep asking us why the MLA attacked our colleagues and whether he has any political protection. We kept saying we did not have any answers and wanted to meet the CM to discuss the matter. This shows that the CM herself is protecting the errant MLA and creating hurdles in the implementation of law and order,” a statement issued by Roy, Dey and others said.
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