In poll-bound Chhattisgarh, a BJP worker was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Naxal-affected Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki district on Friday with the Opposition party terming the murder a political conspiracy.
The BJP has asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take cognisance of the police failing to provide security to its workers in the State. On Saturday, former Chief Minister and BJP leader Raman Singh along with Union Health Minister Mansukh Madaviya visited the slain party worker’s village and met the bereaved family.
In a press statement, the BJP said that the murder happened when the victim, Birju Taram, a resident of Sarkheda village, was returning from a public meeting addressed by former CM Raman Singh. Mohla-Manpur is one of the 20 constituencies which will go to polls in the first phase of two-phase Assembly election on November 7.
