Congress misusing state machinery for electoral gains in Jharkhand: BJP

Jamshedpur: BJP on Monday alleged that Congress had been misusing the state machinery for getting electoral gain in the five-phase Assembly polls in Jharkhand beginning on Tuesday. [caption id=“attachment_1818869” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] BJP has alleged that Congress was misusing the state machinery in Jharkhand. Reuters[/caption] The arrest of party candidate from Daltongunj Manoj Kumar Singh within hours of the AICC supremo Sonia Gandhi’s campaign for a state minister and Congress nominee KN Tripathy in the constituency on Sunday is a pointer to that, BJP Vice-President Raghubir Das told reporters in Jamshedpur. Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer KN Jha had said on Sunday that the candidate was arrested as he had taken out a motorcycle rally in Medininagar without prior permission. Das, a former deputy chief minister, is a BJP candidate from Jamshedpur East constituency. BJP MP Bidyut Baran Mahato, also present in the press conference, alleged that the officer-in-charge of Chakulia police station in Ghatsila sub-division had destroyed party posters and banners and some policemen even removed party flags from the houses of BJP cadres. Mahato said the issue had been taken up with the District Election officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner of East Singhbhum. Police, however, denied the charge. The BJP leaders said such incidents only indicated how desperate Congress was to win a battle already lost. PTI