Patna: LJP president Ramvilas Paswan on Saturday
described as "unconstitutional" Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
Shivraj Singh Chouhan's remarks on Bihari migrant workers and
demanded his resignation.
Talking to reporters here, Paswan said Chouhan's
"anti-Bihari" remarks were "unconstitutional".
He demanded that the BJP leadership ask Chouhan to quit
if he failed to resign on his own. Paswan also urged the BJP
leadership to clarify the position with respect to the MP CM's
statement.
"A person holding a top constitutional post should not
react in this manner... he should resign immediately," Paswan
said, adding "people were free to travel, stay and work
anywhere in the country as per the constitutional mandate".
He announced that the LJP would launch an agitation in
Madhya Pradesh if Chouhan continued as Chief Minister.
Chouhan, while addressing a function at Satna in Madhya
Pradesh, had said "locals should be given preference in
employment in the industries being set up in the state... It
should not happen that people should come from outside...Bihar
and get the jobs here".
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, November 07, 2009, 18:41