BJP using names of tribal icons for political purpose: Digvijaya Singh

TIL Desk/National/Jabalpur/ On the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bhopal, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has alleged the BJP was using the names of tribal icons Birsa Munda and Gond queen Rani Kamalapati for political benefit but in reality, some leaders of the ruling party are committing “atrocities” against tribal people in the state.

Hitting back, MP BJP spokesperson Neha Bagga said that instead of levelling baseless allegations against the saffron party Singh should come clean on the land grabbing done by his son-in-law in Panna. Modiji is coming (to Bhopal) on the birth anniversary of tribal icon Birsa Munda to address ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas’ . I pose many questions to Modiji today, the Rajya Sabha MP told reporters.

A complaint has come from Sidhi that a BJP MLA has grabbed the land of a tribal and transferred it in his name. In Panna district, MP BJP president VD Sharma’s ‘numainde’ (representative) Khunna Maharaj Trivedi’s family has allegedly grabbed valuable lands of some tribals. They had demolished the houses of tribals and constructed houses over that land,” Singh said.