The Opposition and the treasury benches were at loggerheads in the Rajya Sabha on Monday as a Congress member demanded dismissal of the Chhattisgarh government over the alleged rape and molestation of tribal women by security forces.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Congress leader B.K. Hariprasad said tribal women were being gang-raped and molested but no action was taken against them by the state government.
Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said Zero Hour cannot be allowed to be used to make such statements and defaming forces who are doing a difficult job.
Naidu said Chhattisgarh was "one of the best performing states and a forward looking one."
Hariprasad said the state government filed cases against those trying to focus on the plight of the victims but failed to take action against the guilty.
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He demanded the sacking of the BJP-run government in the state.
Reacting to it, Naidu stood up and said: "Zero Hour cannot used be for condemning the forces."
Deputy Speaker P.J. Kurien kept requesting the opposition and the minister to maintain peace as the uproar prevailed for a couple of minutes.
Naidu said the Opposition have sympathies for the Maoists.
Kurien then said that allegations and counter-allegations will be expunged from the records of the house.
--IANS
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