REPORT REACHES AMIT SHAH, BJP TO PROTEST OUTSIDE STATE OFFICE TODAY State govt giving all facilities to widows as per norms: Jasol

Shiv Prakash Purohit

Aishwary Pradhan, Vikas

Sharma and Ziauddin Khan

Jaipur: The report about BJP MP Kirodi Lal Meena’s alleged detention and misbehaviour by police reached Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday.

State BJP in-charge

Arun Singh had taken complete feedback from state leaders and sent full update of the matter to the Centre.

As soon as the news of Kirodi Lal Meena’s arrest spread, his supporters started taking it to the streets. In protest, the Jaipur-Agra National Highway and the Lalsot-Dausa Highway were blocked.

Meena went to SEZ police station, where the supporters of the three widows were initially kept. The police action against the widows happened around 3 am when Meena had gone to his residence. He alleged he was man- handled and detained by the police.

“Why is the govt so afraid of 3 women warriors that the police picked them up overnight. Don’t know where they have been taken? The women are only pleading to meet Gehlot ji. Why is the CM so nervous to hear them? CM has been locked in seven wired system like Saddam Hussain.” Meena said.

Satish Poonia, Om Mathur, Rajendra Rathore and Arun Chaturvedi met Meena at the SMS hospital.

Rathore and Chaturvedi said BJP leaders will hold a meeting to further discuss the strategy and big sit in will be done at BJP HQs on Saturday. Poonia said that the CM should have taken the initiative to talk to martyrs’ widows. SMS Hospital Superintendent Dr Achal Sharma said that CT Scan of Dr Kirodi was normal and a medical board of 7 doctors have also been formed.

MP from Jaipur Rural Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore held a press conference and said that the Congress always insulted the Army. “Rahul Gandhi insulted the country’s Army every time,” he said. Bhartiya Janata Party State President Dr Satish Poonia said that the martyrs widows are fighting for their rights and it is unfortunate that their families are being harassed by the police in Jaipur. “Government should show big heart and meet the widows and hear them,” he said. MP Diya Kumari said the public servants are being treated like criminals in the state, which is highly condemnable “His privilege as an MP is also being violated. If the state government does not come to its senses, then the public will teach a lesson this time,” she said. Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat also criticised the alleged detention of Kirodi Lal Meena and said that the government is acting like a dictator.

The widows have been protesting since February 28 and launched an indefinite hunger strike six days ago, demanding a change in rules so that their relatives and not just children can get government jobs on compassionate grounds. Their other demands include construction of roads and installation of statues of the martyrs in their villages. On Thursday, CM Ashok Gehlot responded to the demands, asking on Twitter whether it would be "appropriate" to give jobs to other relatives of the martyred jawans instead of their children. "What will happen to the children of the martyr when they grow up? Is it appropriate to trample upon their rights?" he asked.

Jodhpur: State Sainik Welfare Advisory Committee Chairman Manvendra Singh Jasol on Friday broke his silence over the developments going on for the past several days regarding the case of Pulwama martyrs widows and termed it as a politically motivated incident.

Talking to the media at Circuit House in Jodhpur, Jasol said that according to the rules of the department, there is a provision to give jobs to martyrs widows and their sons and daughters. “But here one protesting widow is demanding a job for her brother-in-law, which is not possible according to the rules. One widow is demanding installation of a third statue of her martyr husband. In the past, two idols have already been installed and in view of the public interest this demand is also not appropriate,” he said. Jasol said that if the widow wants to get a compensatory job for her brother-in-law, then she should contact the Central Govt for that. “Ministry of Home Affairs can give jobs to any family member. For that a demand can be made to the Central Govt through MPs also,” he said.

The behavior of the govt with Dr Kirodi Lal Meena, who is agitating for the demands of the Pulwa ma martyrs’ widows is highly con demnable. This undemocratic at tempt by the Cong govt to suppress the voice by showing fear of lathi will not be tolerated.

—Vasundhara Raje, Former CM