MP News: Two days following the relatively peaceful Assembly election in Madhya Pradesh, alarming news has come to light from the state’s Ashoknagar district. It seems that rural women are not getting water from government-constructed bore-wells until they swear to have voted for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
The reports are from Nayakheda village in the Mungawali Assembly constituency, where state minister Brijendra Singh Yadav is holding elections (until results are announced on December 3). Over the phone, Mr. Yadav stated to NDTV, “I don’t understand why such a thing is happening after the election.”
Government’s bore-well:
“This is a government bore-well. I had got four bores done in the village. We got bores done to provide water to everyone,” Mr Yadav, who is the Public Health Engineering Minister, said.
However, many of the residents disagree.
“They are asking the villagers… whether they voted for the BJP or not. If we say ‘no’, then they switch off the motor and drive us away,” Shyam Bai complained.
A young girl, said that after voting had concluded “they have completely stopped running the bore”, and that when it is switched on, usually at night, “we don’t even know…”
Similar complaints have been made by other locals, but they haven’t mentioned the BJP. They claimed they were informed they would not receive water if they did not vote for “the flower,” which is the lotus, which is the BJP’s symbol.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan has come under fire:
The government of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has come under fire from the opposition Congress.
Party chief Randeep Singh Surjewala posted a news clipping about this issue on X, the previous Twitter platform, writing, “Hidden in the noise of fake claims and lies of BJP’s double-engine…”
“See the height of BJP’s cruelty – they are bent upon killing those who do not vote without water!”
“After 18-and-a-half years, BJP, which has crossed all limits of misdeeds, is still not satisfied! The people of Madhya Pradesh have given their answer to corruption, misgovernance and atrocities!”
MP election:
Madhya Pradesh held a single round of voting on November 17 and the contest is generally perceived as a straight struggle between the Congress and the BJP. The Congress had held power during the 2018 election until a rebellion led by Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is currently the Union Aviation Minister, toppled its administration.
On December 3, the election results will be announced.
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