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Congress leaders and workers deed the streets successful Madhya Pradesh's Indore to protestation against the ruling BJP implicit the vomiting and diarrhoea outbreak caused by contaminated drinking water, which it claimed has killed 21 persons successful the city.
Protesters sought the resignation of State Urban Development Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya and Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava, and held the BJP liable for the incident, demanding accountability from the State leadership.
Several Congress MLAs and elder leaders took retired a 'Nyay Yatra', marching from Bada Ganpati Square to Rajwada Square.
Holding placards, protesters besides demanded FIRs against those liable for the drinking h2o calamity successful the Bhagirathpura area.
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Bhagirathpura, which has been successful the spotlight pursuing respective deaths linked to the vomiting and diarrhoea outbreak, falls nether the Indore-1 Assembly constituency, which Vijayvargiya represents.
Seven radical person died pursuing a diarrhoea outbreak triggered by the depletion of contaminated h2o successful the locality, arsenic per the wellness department, portion residents person claimed 17 deaths. The Indore territory collector has distributed compensation of ₹2 lakh each to 18 affected families.
Addressing the 'Nyay Yatra', MP Congress main Jitu Patwari claimed that successful the past 25 years, the BJP authorities had spent ₹1 lakh crore successful the sanction of improvement successful Indore, but failed to supply adjacent a solid of cleanable drinking h2o to the radical of Bhagirathpura.
"Chief Minister Mohan Yadav should apologise to Indore for the deaths of 21 radical owed to contaminated drinking water," helium said, adding that Mr. Yadav is besides the district's in-charge Minister.
He further announced that the Congress would motorboat a nationalist consciousness run against the alleged mismanagement of drinking h2o and would behaviour a "water audit" to cheque h2o prime crossed the State.
Mr. Patwari accused the BJP of seeking votes successful the sanction of religion, extremism and hatred, and compared the ruling enactment to “Ravana”.
The BJP was arrogant successful believing it could ne'er suffer elections, and (demon king) Ravana excessively had akin pride, but was killed by Lord Ram for his injustice and oppression, helium said.
Congress Rajya Sabha subordinate Digvijaya Singh demanded that the Indore drinking h2o calamity beryllium probed by a sitting justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, with nationalist hearings held arsenic portion of the judicial inquiry.
Those recovered blameworthy successful the probe should beryllium fixed due punishment to acceptable an illustration for others, helium said.
The erstwhile Chief Minister besides criticised Hindu conventions held crossed the State connected Sunday (January 11, 2026) by assorted groups to people the centenary twelvemonth of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
"After all, it is Hindus who person died successful the tragic Bhagirathpura incident, truthful could these Hindu conventions not person been postponed? Why bash they privation to acceptable the state connected occurrence erstwhile again?" helium said.
Leader of Opposition successful the State Assembly, Umang Singhar, claimed that BJP leaders spoke astir attrocities against Hindus successful Bangladesh, but had nary interest for Hindus who died owed to contaminated drinking h2o successful Bhagirathpura.
He alleged that nary transgression lawsuit had been registered truthful acold successful transportation with the drinking h2o calamity due to the fact that BJP leaders had developed "thick tegument similar crocodiles".
