Chhattisgarh govt hurriedly made appointments of Cong MLAs: Agrawal

Senior BJP MLA in Chhattisgarh, Brijmohan Agrawal, on Wednesday took a dig at ruling Congress in state saying that it has "hurriedly' appointed its party legislators as parliamentary secretaries out of fear amid political crisis in Rajasthan. Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday appointed 15 Congress MLAs as parliamentary secretaries and assigned m to assist 12 cabinet ministers in state.

"re is a huge discontent among Congress legislators in state. refore, ruling party decided in a hurry to appoint parliamentary secretaries while it has also intensified process to appoint chairpersons of corporations, commissions and boards in state. All se developments are impact of what happened in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan," Agrawal said.

"Congress fears that what happened in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan may get replicated in Chhattisgarh," former minister said.

Replying to his statement, senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijay Singh, who reached Raipur this evening, asked wher BJP and Brijmohan Agrawal were conducting auction of MLAs. When asked about political turmoil in Rajasthan, Singh said that he was t ( party's) in-charge for Rajasthan and hasn't been to Jaipur so he is unaware about it.

In 90-member state assembly, Congress has 69 MLAs, while BJP has 14. Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have 4 and 2 members, respectively, in assembly. Marwahi assembly seat is lying vacant after death of former Chief Minister and JCC (J) MLA Ajit Jogi in May.