BJP demands immediate arrest of Patnagarh BJD MLA

As the BJD MLA from Patnagarh Saroj Meher moved Orissa High Court seeking anticipatory bail in connection with a case registered against him for forcing a Government employee to do sit-ups, the State BJP on Thursday stepped up demand for the immediate arrest of the legislator.
Accusing Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of shielding the lawmaker, State BJP secretary Lekhashri Samantsinghar said police not taking action against the MLA even after two weeks of the incident smacks of political interference. This is despite the fact that Meher has publicly admitted his crime of asking Jayakant Sabar, a junior engineer in the Works Department, to do 100 sit-ups, she added.
“It is unfortunate that a Government servant was tortured mentally and physically by a lawmaker who has scant regard for the law and the MLA is given protection just because the Home Department is being headed by the Chief Minister,” the BJP leader said. Calling the Chief Minister anti-tribal, Samantsinghar said atrocities against Adivasis, Dalits and women are on the rise even as the State Government turned a blind eye to such incidents, mostly inflicted by the ruling party members.

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