Cong walks out over crime, policing; minister insists state is peaceful

Time of India

5 days ago

Bhopal: The state assembly witnessed uproar on Wednesday as Congress MLAs accused the BJP-led state govt of failing to maintain law and order, before walking out in protest.
Opening a debate through a call attention motion, Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar said the state recorded 25 murders and 20 rapes a day in 2024, while cyber frauds drained Rs 250 crore and 23,000 women went missing from their homes.
He alleged drug trafficking was rising, some accused had links to the ruling party, and fake cases were being lodged against Opposition leaders and journalists.
Minister of state for home, Narendra Shivaji Patel, refuted the charges, and said the law and order situation was strong and peace reigned in the state.
Singhar said a circular from the PHQ stated that any police personnel who was an accused in a criminal case, or whose conduct was dubious, or a departmental enquiry was being conducted against him, would not be given field posting.
However, in MP, postings in police stations were taking place against bribes. He noted that there was action on criminals in major cities because of media glare, but in smaller places, nobody heeded the victims of crimes.
He said the minister might have read out data to defend the govt, but he also admitted to a 15 per cent increase in incidents of loot.
Referring to the absence of CM Mohan Yadav from the House procidings while the debate on the law and order situation in the state was taking place, particularly because he also held the home portfolio, Singhar said if he was not able to find time to look after the home dept, he should give the charge to someone else.
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Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar said the CM was away only to fulfil his duty towards the state.
Participating in the debate, Congress MLA Phool Singh Baraiya said when the law and order situation worsens, the poor and the underprivileged suffer at the hands of the powerful, and this was what was happening in the state of Madhya Pradesh. He referred to a recent suicide by an ASI because of harassment by his senior and said despite his suicide note and the video, there had been no action against the officials concerned.
Congress MLA Jaivardhan Singh referred to police FIRs against Congress leaders and their kin, a baton charge on Karni Sena workers at Harda, and another incident reported recently in which a person was asked to tender an apology while keeping his shoes on his head by a panchayat. He said such 'Talibani" justice was being meted out by a panchayat in MP. He also referred to the vacancy of 25,000 posts in the police force and said it also affected the efficiency of the police.
In his reply, minister Patel said the law and order situation was completely under control, and there had been no riots in the state. The cyber police had been able to hold the transfer of Rs 105 crore from the accounts of the victims when they were informed promptly. He further denied that police personnel with dubious records had been given field postings, and said none of the SHOs posted in police stations had a case or DE pending against them.
On the shortage of staff in the police force, he said the process to recruit 8,000 police personnel was underway.