UP chief minister Mayawati today ordered a magisterial inquiry into protests against power shortage in Rahul Gandhi's constituency Amethi.
UP chief minister Mayawati today ordered a magisterial inquiry into protests against power shortage in Rahul Gandhi's constituency Amethi, accusing the Congress workers of trying to take the law in their own hands.
The chief minister ordered the transfer of Superintendent of Police of Sultanpur district while a Station House Officer was shifted to police lines "for failing to handle the situation". The Provincial Armed Constabulary unit deployed in Amethi has also been removed.
"Any person, whether he is associated with a political party or is a government employee, will not be allowed to take law and order into his hands, such elements will be dealt with strictly," the chief minister said in a statement.
Rejecting the charge that her government was discriminating against the district- a stronghold of the Nehru-Gandhi family, Mayawati said she will will not hesitate in taking action against those disturbing law and order situation in the state. She blamed the Congress' rule for the power woes of the state.
Agitated protesters who were demanding proper power supply had pelted stones at police stations on July 13 injuring policemen after which police resorted to lathicharge to disperse the mob. An FIR was registered against 235 protesters including 200 unidentified persons.
The incident drew a sharp reaction from the Congress which demanded a judicial inquiry into alleged police atrocities. Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit Amethi on Friday and meet people injured in police lathicharge.
UPCC president Reeta Bahuguna Joshi had said that the Congress would lodge a case against administration and police officers responsible for the lathicharge on people in Amethi.
Lashing out at the Congress, Mayawati said, "The present government does not meet out stepmotherly treatment to any district or region, its is the Congress and the BJP which indulge in politics of discrimination."
She said that the Congress should apologise to the people for overlooking development. "The party should admit that the state was lagging behind in development due to bad governance and corruption during its regime," she alleged.
The chief minister said that her government does not believe in doing politics on the issue of development and all decisions were taken without any bias in a transparent manner.
"Congress and successive governments are responsible for the existing power crisis. If the Congress instead of indulging in dramatics in the name of development would have worked seriously, people would not have taken to streets on issues like power cuts," she said.
Mayawati said that despite limited resources the government was taking several measures to resolve the power crisis in the state.
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