MP: Nath hits out at Chouhan's 'no misuse of SC/ST Act' remark

Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath Saturday said MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was not above the law after the latter recently claimed that the misuse of the amended SC/ST Act won't be allowed in the state.

Chouhan Thursday had announced that a directive will be issued shortly to ensure that the amended SC/ST Act is not misused in the state.

The MP CM was replying to a query on the protests in the state against Parliament clearing the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2018 in August restoring some stringent provisions of the Act.

"The misuse of the (amended) SC/ST Act will not be allowed in MP. Only after a thorough probe, a case will be registered under it. To this end, a directive will be issued shortly," Chouhan had told reporters in Balaghat.

Speaking Saturday on Chouhan's comment, Nath said, " "The chief minister is not above the law. I am asking him (Chouhan) if he had taken advice and permission from Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji to issue such a statement."