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BJP MLAs stage dharna to demand release of Raja Bhaiya
Lucknow, Jan 23: Over 12 BJP MLAs staged a dharna at the Daya Nidhan Park here today demanding immediate release of independent legislator Raghuraj Pratap Singh, alias Raja Bhaiya, who is presently detained under Pota.
Lucknow, Jan 23: Over 12 BJP MLAs staged a dharna
at the Daya Nidhan Park here today demanding immediate release
of independent legislator Raghuraj Pratap Singh, alias Raja
Bhaiya, who is presently detained under Pota.
Talking to a news agency, Mayenkeshwar Saran Singh, a Thakur
legislator from Tiloi, said that after a clear-cut directive
of the Supreme Court in this regard and a request by the state
government for revocation of Pota charges against Raja Bhaiya,
the ball was now in the court of the union government.
"I am at a loss to understand as to why the Centre was
taking so much time in revoking Pota charges against raja
Bhaiya," Singh said.
Kovid Kumar, BJP MLA from Tilhar, said that a section of
party legislators had recently met central leadership
regarding this but so far the union government had failed to
take any action.
Another BJP MLA Narendra Verma said that the Thakurs had
supported the BJP through thick and thin and pointed out that
they may be forced to revise their stand if Raja Bhaiya was
not released soon.
Bureau Report