Why Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel sent his father to judicial custody

The Congress govt is embroiled in a whole lot of controversies that enable the high command to continue acting as arbiter. Putting his father in jail is Baghel's response to these complex power games

Has a chief minister of any state ever sent his own father to judicial custody for making remarks that disrespect a community? It was a first. Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel’s father, Nand Kumar Baghel, was sent to 15-day judicial custody by a court in Raipur for allegedly making derogatory remarks against the Brahmin community. He refused to seek bail. In its complaint, the community alleged that Nand Kumar Baghel described Brahmins as “outsiders (foreigners) who should either reform or get ready to go to Volga from Ganga”. The police station in charge said: “The Brahmin community raised an objection to