AMN / BHOPAL
Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh has decided to recommend withdrawal of cases against the ‘innocent people’ framed out of political and caste considerations during Bharat Bandh.
The decision came hours after Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati threatened to “reconsider” her outside support to the Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan governments if cases against “innocents” framed in Bharat Bandh were not withdrawn, the Kamal Nath government said it would recommend the same.
“If the newly-elected governments in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan do not act swiftly and withdraw the cases against the innocent persons framed in Bharat Bandh, the BSP may have to reconsider extending the outside support to the Congress governments,” Mayawati had said in a hard-hitting press release.
Mayawati said the cases against the innocent people framed out of political and caste considerations in Uttar Pradesh and other BJP-ruled states including MP and Rajasthan, which were previously under the BJP. She added that now that MP and Rajasthan are ruled by the Congress, the new governments should immediately withdraw such cases, failing which her party would have to reconsider its decision of extending outside support
The Madhya Pradesh government is expected to send the cases to the law department, which will then forward them to courts. The courts will have the final authority to decide whether or not the cases should be withdrawn.