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There is an unfastened struggle betwixt Brijmohan Agrawal, a elder Bharatiya Janata Party person and Raipur MP, and his party’s authorities successful Chhattisgarh implicit an upcoming Bharat Scouts and Guides (BSG) event. The quality is headed for a courtroom showdown, with Mr. Agrawal challenging his removal arsenic the ex officio State president of the BSG earlier the High Court.
At the centre of the disagreement is the National Rover-Ranger Jamboree of the Chhattisgarh Bharat Scouts and Guides, which is expected to gully astir 15,000 participants from crossed the state and abroad.
However, the lawsuit has been overshadowed by a tussle betwixt Mr. Agrawal and Gajendra Yadav, a first-time MLA and a precocious inducted Cabinet Minister successful the Vishnu Deo Sai government, implicit who holds the station of State president of the Bharat Scouts and Guides.
The confrontation dates backmost to December 13, 2025, erstwhile an authoritative bid issued by the School Education Department stated that Mr. Yadav had been nominated arsenic the ex officio president of the State BSG. Mr. Agrawal has contended that helium was elected to the station and that, arsenic per the regularisation book, a president should clasp bureau for 5 years oregon for the duration of the State council.
On January 6, Mr. Agrawal issued a property merchandise announcing that the jamboree had been postponed “keeping successful presumption the continuously emerging administrative disputes and allegations of superior fiscal irregularities”. The last paragraph of the merchandise stated, “It is noteworthy that MP Shri Brijmohan Agarwal is presently the State President of Bharat Scouts and Guides, Chhattisgarh and helium has not resigned from his post”.
The pursuing day, Mr. Agrawal moved the Chhattisgarh High Court, documenting his objections. His counsel, Kishor Bhaduri, said that a writ petition filed by his lawsuit against the authorities had termed the State’s enactment of removing a president appointed “under the instrumentality by the cardinal assemblage with consultation of the Chief Minister and different ministers” arsenic illegal.
“Also, the funds which were transferred to the section State assemblage for having a ceremonial astatine a peculiar spot successful a peculiar fashion… that magnitude has been entrusted without calling a tender. The process has been initiated, things person been moved, and the magnitude has been entrusted with the artifact acquisition serviceman successful his relationship for disbursement. You are shifting the venue arsenic well,” Mr. Bhaduri added.
Despite these objections, the State authorities issued an authoritative enactment connected Thursday stating that the lawsuit would beryllium held successful Balod betwixt January 9 and 13.
The concern prompted the Opposition Congress to allege “factionalism wrong the ruling party, and corruption”.
“The Bharat Scouts and Guides jamboree successful Balod has go a hotbed of factionalism wrong the BJP. BJP members are warring among themselves to instrumentality recognition for the jamboree and to stock the corruption involved. The jamboree was primitively scheduled to beryllium held successful Nava Raipur, the capital, but the Education Minister has moved it to Balod. Brijmohan is claiming to beryllium the president, portion Education Minister Gajendra Yadav is calling himself the president. The authorities should clarify who the president of the Scouts and Guides is,” said Congress spokesperson Sushil Anand Shukla.
The Congress besides submitted a ailment to the State Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Economic Offences Wing alleging corruption.
Mr. Yadav was unavailable for comment. In an earlier enactment with journalists, helium dismissed the allegations of corruption and irregularities, describing them arsenic attempts to defame the government.
