Bhopal, Apr 26: Police canned hundreds of Congress activists who were protesting Annapuran Yojna of Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The protestors were trying to enter into the prohibited area of Motilal Nehru Stadium crossing barricades at Roshanpura.

More than one dozen Congress protestors and activists received serious injuries.

The Congress activists were protesting that BPL families are being given 20 kg of grain in place of 35 kg. Police have arrested around 200 protestors including former MLA, PC Sharma.

Lathi charge incident took place at around 12.00 hours. Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan was about to inaugurate Annapurna yojna with a view to provide low price grain to the BPL families.

Police had stopped 300-400 Congress activists and protestors installing barricades at Roshanpura Square.

The protestors having black flags, banners and posters in their hands were trying to enter into prohibited area.

Meanwhile, former MLA, PC Sharma and several protestors crossing barricades tried to march towards Lal Pared ground.

CSP, Dharmveer Singh Yadav deployed on duty ordered to drive away the protestors.

The police personnel then started canning on the protestors.

There was stampede like situation during lathi charge and people started to flee. More than one dozen protestors received serious injuries in police lathi charge.

Jehangirabad police arrested around 200 protestors including former MLA, PC Sharma and sent them police station.

Annapurna Yojan is a fools' paradise- Former MLA, PC Sharma said that Chief Minister's Annapurna Yojna is only fools' paradise.

According to the order of Supreme Court and union government, the BPL families should be given 35 kg food grains. But only 20kg ration is being given. Congress was protesting it in peaceful manner but they were lathi charged.

Cong alleges irregularities in electoral roll

By Our Staff Reporter

Bhopal, Apr 26: Madhya Pradeh Congress Committee leader and spokesman Manak Agrawal has demanded to set up camps in all polling booths for two days to correct the mistakes entered in the electoral rolls by adding the names of the voters whose names have not been included earlier.

Agrawal said that the one day camp held on April 26 at some selected polling booth area is just a formality. Because, he said, this sort of irregularities have been detected in all polling booth areas of the city and thousands of voters have not received their photo identity cards and their names included in the electoral roll.

Agrawal said that the Congress had earlier also alerted the state government about the irregularities being committed while preparing photo identity cards and electoral rolls. The Congress has received thousands of complaints from different parts of the city in this regard, he said. In spite of the party's repeated requests, the state government has not done anything worthwhile in this direction, he said.

Agrawal accused that the persons entrusted to rectify the electoral roll did so while sitting at the area BJP leader's house instead of visiting every house in the area. He said that this was the reason why thousands of voters are deprived of photo identity cards and entry in electoral roll.

The Congress spokesman demanded that the final electoral roll should be made available at every polling booth area for two days at least so that names of those who are not included can be entered into the electoral rolls. Otherwise, a large number of people will be deprived of their right to vote, he warned.