Bhopal, Jan 11 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Congress will hold a state-level Nyay Yatra (march for justice) on Sunday at 11 a.m. in Indore to protest the Bhagirathpura water tragedy and recent changes to MNREGA. The march will begin at Bada Ganpati Temple and proceed to Rajwada Chowk near the statue of Maa Ahilyabai Holkar, party leaders said. Senior leaders, elected representatives, office-bearers, party workers and citizens are expected to participate.Announcing the protest at a joint press confe…
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Bhopal, Jan 10 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Congress strongly criticised the BJP government on Saturday. A joint press conference was held at the Rajiv Gandhi Auditorium in the State Congress Office in Bhopal. Former Minister PC Sharma, Bhopal City District Congress Committee President Praveen Saxena, and State Spokesperson Rahul Raj addressed the media.Praveen Saxena termed the Bhagirathpura incident “government-sponsored murders”. He blamed criminal negligence and administrative failure by th…
Indore, Jan 5 (IANS) The division bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court will hear the case of contaminated water tragedy in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area on Tuesday. The Health and Family Welfare department of Madhya Pradesh government and Indore Municipal Corporation will submit a fresh report in the court, including the availability of clean water and health services being provided to the affected people.During the last hearing in the matter on January 2, the Madhya Pradesh government had submitted…
Indore, Jan 5 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Congress intensified its attack on the BJP government on Monday, announcing a ‘Nyay Yatra’ (March for Justice) on January 11 to demand accountability for the ongoing contaminated water crisis in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area, which the party says has claimed more lives than have been officially declared.The Congress has reiterated its demand for the resignation of Urban Administration Minister and local MLA Kailash Vijayvargiya, holding him directly accounta…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The NHRC has sought a report within two weeks from the Madhya Pradesh government over a media report alleging seven deaths and 40 cases of hospitalisation after consuming contaminated water in Indore district, an official said on Thursday. Taking suo motu cognisance of Wednesday’s media report about the alleged water contamination deaths in the Bhagirathpura area of Indore district, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a notice to the Chief Secretary calli…
Indore, Jan 1 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former minister Mukesh Nayak on Thursday levelled serious allegations against the BJP-led Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC), claiming that misuse of funds under the Centre’s Jal Jeevan Mission resulted in more than 40,000 residents being forced to consume contaminated drinking water over the past six months.Speaking to IANS, Nayak, who is also in charge of the Madhya Pradesh Congress media department, alleged that the IMC failed to properly lay …
Indore, Jan 1 (IANS) As the death toll from consuming contaminated municipal water in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area has claimed several lives, Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Jitu Patwari sharply criticised the Madhya Pradesh government and demanded the immediate resignation of “ill-mannered ministers” on moral grounds. Patwari alleged that the victims were receiving neither free treatment nor sympathy, while ministers “displayed arrogance and misbehaved with journalists”.Social media users echoed t…
Indore, Dec 31 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav visited Indore on Wednesday evening and met people hospitalised after falling ill due to consumption of contaminated drinking water, officials said.Soon after arriving in Indore from Umaria district, the Chief Minister visited Verma Hospital, where he interacted with over a dozen affected patients undergoing treatment. Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava accompanied the Chief Minister during the hospital visit, which continued late in…
Bhopal, Dec 27 (IANS) In a swift turn of events highlighting ongoing internal discord within the Madhya Pradesh Congress unit, senior leader and former minister Mukesh Nayak tendered his resignation as Chairman of the party’s Media Department on Saturday, only for it to be promptly rejected by the state unit.Nayak, a veteran Congressman and former minister in Digvijay Singh-led previous Congress government, submitted his resignation letter to state president Jitu Patwari, citing a voluntary deci…