UP Cong chief accuses BJP of harassment
[ MONDAY, JULY 22, 2002 9:54:56 PM ]

LUCKNOW: Congress in Uttar Pradesh accused BJP of "harassing" the party workers and urged Chief Minister Mayawati to keep her ally "under control".

UPCC chief Arun Kumar Singh Munna told reporters that police had raided the Congress office at Gauriganj, coming under Amethi Lok Sabha constituency held by AICC chief Sonia Gandhi, on Friday last and "harassed" the party workers present there.

The party had lodged a strong protest with the senior state officials, he said.

Munna demanded that the whole of Uttar Pradesh be declared drought-hit as almost all parts of the state had received scanty rains.

There was no justification in declaring only 17 districts as drought-hit when the whole state was facing drought like conditions, he said.

He also alleged that the law and order situation in the state had turned for the worse and the criminals were ruling the roost.