The BJP on Wednesday alleged that Ministers in the Congress-led Rajasthan Government and officials serving in that government were involved in suspected illegal mining in Bharatpur and demanded that a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe be conducted into the issue, especially the self-immolation in protest against the mining by one of the monks holding sustained protests against it, Baba Vijay Das, leading to his death last week.
A BJP delegation, which included the party’s general secretary Arun Singh; MP and former Mumbai Commissioner Satya Pal Singh; and MP and former Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police Brij Lal, also presented its inquiry report to party president J.P. Nadda after visiting the site of alleged illegal mining.
The death of Baba Vijay Das on July 23 at a hospital in the national capital led the BJP to form the committee to look into the matter.
