Bhopal, May 11: Madhya Pradesh Congress sought the resignation of State Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and some of his cabinet colleagues facing probes by the Lokayukta.A day before Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has requested Congress President Sonia Gandhi asking her to tell her party MLAs in the state to take part in the special session of the state Assembly
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today presented a resolution on the all-round development of the state.
Presenting the resolution on the first day of the
special session on development in state assembly, Chouhan said
he hoped that members would give suggestions for turning
Madhya Pradesh into a golden State.
He said that the resolution expressed the dreams,commitments and a sense of mission for bringing development
in the State.
The Chief Minister said that discussions on the
resolution would go a long way in turning Madhya Pradesh into
a golden State.
He regretted Opposition Congress’ decision to boycott the
special session. In a letter to Gandhi, the chief minister said that the objective of holding the session, scheduled for May 11, was to exclusively deliberate on development issues related to the state. “The idea is inspired by a noble urge to seek suggestions of the members of the house irrespective of their political affiliations,” Chouhan said.
State Congress President, Suresh Pachouri told that the Chief Minister and his cabinet colleagues who were facing Lokayukta inquiry on corruption issue, should resign on moral grounds.
He was talking to reporters here after launching a signature campaign against corruption under the BJP government in the state.
He said that the Chief Minister was not only facing corruption charge over dumper purchase issue, but the Lokayukta had already registered a case against him.
In an indirect reference to the State Industries
Minister, Kailash Vijaywargia, Pachouri said that corruption has assumed such serious proportions that a court had to order a Lokayutka inquiry into the matter.
He said that unless the Chief Minister and his cabinet
colleagues facing corruptio charges resign a free and impartial inquiry may not be possible by the Lokayukta as State Government officials work on deputation with it. Pachouri also said that the Chief Minister should give up preaching and inste ad concentrate on doing some constructive
and good work.