Bhopal: The Congress in Madhya Pradesh will take out a march on April 5 to demand that the BJP government take steps to check the spurt in crimes against women in the State. Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly Ajay Singh, while talking to media persons here on Thursday said that the ‘nyay yatra’ (march for justice) will be taken out from Udaipura area in Raisen district to Bhopal – covering a distance of about 100 km.
The Congress’ decision to take out the march comes in the wake of the alleged suicide committed by a woman, whose parents claimed that she was married to the son of state Public Works Department (PWD) minister Rampal Singh. The woman’s family had also claimed that the minister’s son was planning to marry a second time. On March 22, a Congress delegation had met Governor Anandiben Patel and demanded registration of a case against Rampal Singh and his family members in connection with the woman’s suicide.
Preeti Raghuvanshi (28), had allegedly committed suicide at her parents’ house at Udaipura on March 16. The minister later said that if his son had accepted Raghuvanshi as his wife, he too accepted her as his daughter- in-law. However, the Congress delegation told the governor that had the minister accepted Raghuvanshi as his daughter-in- law, she would not have taken the extreme step.
Ajay Singh further said that the yatra will be taken out on foot as well as on vehicles from Uadipura, where Raghuvanshi committed suicide. “We want the minister to resign and his son Girjesh to be booked (in the suicide case). Even after so many days, the minister’s son has not been booked,” he told.