Cong to meet Governor to break impasse over police lathicharge

Opposition Congress today said that they will submit a memorandum to Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh to end the impasse between the party and the government over the alleged police action on Youth Congress members.
Leader of Opposition Rameshwar Dudi today said that Congress MLAs would seek an appointment with the Governor to submit a memorandum over the issue.
"The government has misled the House and the people of the state by making false statements. We want to end the deadlock but not the government, as BJP wants to pass the anti-people and anti-farmer budget without having the Opposition in the house," he said during a press conference here.

Dudi rejected the statements of Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rajendra Rathore and Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria made in the Assembly after the incident on March 3.
He also accused Speaker Kailash Meghwal of acting like a "BJP worker".
The Congress leader demanded action against the guilty policemen and asked the government to watch the video footage and pictures of the incident.

"Parliamentary Affairs Minister and Home Minister made wrong and false statements in the Assembly over the issue. They used unparliamentary language in the house. The Speaker also failed to maintain sanctity of the Chair and acted like a 'BJP worker' and we condemn this," he said.

Dudi claimed to have the footage and pictures of the incident in his possession, apparently showing the Youth Congress workers being lathicharged by the police.
According to the Leader of Opposition, the party workers were protesting peacefully on March 3 against NDA government's Land Bill and hike in power tariff in the state, but police used baton on them.
The police also brought women officers to tackle the crowd despite the fact that there were all male protesters, he alleged.
The Vasundhara Raje government had released a picture on Wednesday showing a Youth Congress leader pushing a woman police constable during the protest.

PCC President Sachin Pilot and Congress MLA Ashok Chandna sustained injuries in the incident, after which Chandna raised the issue in the House but the Speaker did not allow him to speak, prompting other Opposition members to protest in the well of the House.
The Speaker also suspended eight Congress and one independent MLA from the House for rest of the current session on March 3, following continued disruption by the Opposition.