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Bhopal, November 11 (IANS) Chief Minister Mohan Yadav’s objectionable remarks on Gram Panchayat secretaries during an event at Jamboree Ground in Bhopal on Tuesday has started a new round of political controversy in Madhya Pradesh.
Controversy erupted after a short clip of Chief Minister Yadav’s speech to Gram Panchayat representatives at Jamboree Ground in Bhopal surfaced on social media on Tuesday. In a purported video, Mohan Yadav can be heard using objectionable words during his speech.
Chief Minister Yadav, while addressing the program in the presence of Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Prahlad Singh Patel and some other senior leaders, made this comment, “If the Secretary (Panchayat Secretary) does not allow it, then we will stop the sale.”
He could be heard saying again, “Sachiv aur Sahayak Sachiv ki kya aukat. Jo Sarpanchon ke kam me roda dalega use hata denge (What is the worth of Sachiv and Sahayak Sachive, those who will create hurdles, will be removed).”
The Chief Minister was talking about the power of the Sarpanch (village head) in the three-tier (district, district and gram panchayat) panchayat system. “In the panchayat system, a sarpanch has power that even MPs and MLAs do not have. If the spirit of the work is pure, even God helps,” he said.
Later reacting to the matter, Madhya Pradesh Congress President Jitu Patwari said, “Chief Minister Mohan Yadav misbehaved with Grampanchayat secretaries today. The Congress party condemns his derogatory remarks and demands an apology from him.”
Addressing the press at his residence in Bhopal on Tuesday evening, Patwari further said, “Mohan Yadav is the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and he should maintain the dignity of his post as Chief Minister. If he does not apologise, the Congress will protest.”
However, the ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh or the Chief Minister’s office have not yet issued any statement on the matter.
–IANS
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