Chaurasia’s kin sit on dharna, demands arrest of BSP MLA
The problems of BSP MLA Rambai Singh’s husband Govind Singh seems to continue as family members of former Congress leader late Devendra Chaurasia sat on hunger strike in Damoh on Monday seeking arrest of Singh.
Notably, BSP MLA’s husband Govind Singh is one of the accused in March 15 Devendra Chaurasia murder case and is on the run now.
The politics had heated up in Madhya Pradesh days ago when Singh was roaming around with his lawmaker wife in the corridors of MP assembly.
The BJP had slammed the ruling Congress for allegedly going soft on BSP MLA’s husband.
However, in some fresh trouble for Singh whose wife Rambai Singh is one of the two BSP MLAs backing Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh, the family of slain leader Devendra Chaurasia started a hunger strike in Damoh on Monday, demanding immediate arrest of Govind Singh.
After he was spotted inside MP Assembly only to yet again disappear, Singh had released a video preaching the media to undertake due research before reporting the March 15 incident.
On March 15 this year, Devendra Chaurasia who had defected to Congress from BSP recently was assaulted by a group allegedly led by Govind Singh in Damoh.
Chaurasia had died in the fatal assault while his son survived with grievous injuries.
In the video which went viral on Saturday, Singh sought a CBI probe into the murder of Chaurasia saying he was ready to be hanged if found guilty and promised that his wife would resign if his involvement in the murder was proved.
He even claimed Chaurasia’s brothers were behind his death and falsely framed him in the case.
In response to this video, Somesh Chaurasia, the son of the dead Congress leader posted a video on Facebook alleging, “MP government instead of sending the man responsible for death of my father and injuries to me,
“I am an eye witness to the assault from Govind Singh and his family members on me and my father on March 15 in Hatta town in Damoh,” claimed Somesh in the video saying the attack took place days after his father quit BSP to join Congress. BSP MLA Rambai Singh however has been pleading innocence of her husband and other relatives. Singh was earlier named in Congress leader Rajendra Pathak’s murder in 1998 and is out on bail in the case.
Meanwhile, after Govind Singh was spotted inside assembly corridors on Thursday, Home Minister Bala Bachchan remained evasive to media queries on the issue on Saturday and Sunday.
