Madhya Pradesh Police arrested nine people on 3 September for allegedly pelting stones at Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s convoy as it was travelling through Sidhi district on 2 September, MP Home Minister Bhupendra Singh said.
The Home Minister also alleged that all nine people arrested are prominent Congress leaders, ANI reported.
I want to ask Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi & Congress state president Kamal Nath, in which direction do they wish to take Congress? Congress is thirsty for my blood. Something like this has never happened in MP’s history.Shivraj Chouhan, Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh to ANI
Miscreants threw stones at the vehicle carrying Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 2 September, who is touring the state ahead of Assembly polls, in Churhat area near Sidhi district, a police official said.
Chouhan was not hurt in the incident.Ram Babu Choudhari, Police Inspector, Churhat
The incident reportedly took place in Sidhi in the Assembly constituency of Leader of the Opposition Ajay Singh, Madhya Pradesh BJP spokesman Rajnish Agrawal said.
Churhat is about 25 km from the district headquarters.
Later, on 2 September, addressing a public meeting in the district as part of his Jan Ashirwad Yatra, Chouhan dared Singh to “come out in the open and fight him”.
"I am physically weak but I won't be bogged down by your deeds. People of the state are with me," he added.
In a press release, Ajay Singh said that no members of Congress were involved in the stone-pelting incident. He said his party does not follow the culture of violence.
"I suspect that it was a well-thought and hatched conspiracy aimed at defaming me and the people of Churhat," he added.
(With inputs from ANI and PTI)
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