Angry protesters put up controversial Scindia poster in MP
A controversial poster of BJP Rajya Sabha MP Jyotiraditya Scindia was put up on Thursday in Indore by protesters who were reportedly enraged over the change in the name of a road in the Guna district of Madhya Pradesh. "Police later removed the poster and dispersed the protesters," an official said.
Road has been named after late Sagar Singh Sisodia
A group of people, calling themselves supporters of Ahilyabai Holkar, an 18th-century ruler of the Malwa kingdom, claimed the road in question was earlier named after her, a claim rejected by the Guna district administration. The road has now been named after freedom fighter the late Sagar Singh Sisodia, the grandfather of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister, Mahendra Singh Sisodia.
Sisodia is a Scindia loyalist
Mahendra Sisodia is a loyalist of Scindia and was among the nearly two dozen MLAs who quit the Congress to join the BJP in March last year. The minister represents the Bamori assembly seat in Guna district, the home turf of Scindia.
Poster was placed before the bust of Holkar
The Guna Municipal Council (GMC) had organized a program on Monday to name the street, Budhe Balaji Hanuman Tekri road, after Sagar Singh Sisodia. The plaque was unveiled by Scindia on the occasion. According to eyewitnesses, days after the program, some protesters put up the poster at Rajbada in Indore, before a bust of Holkar, with a message critical of Scindia.
Scindia's image on the poster marked with a red cross
The poster carried photos of both Holkar and Scindia, but the image of the latter was marked with a red cross. "We told protesters they don't have permission to hold a protest in the Rajbada area following which they dispersed," Sarafa Police station in-charge Sunil Sharma said. He said, "So far no case has been registered in the matter."
'Wrong to say it was earlier called Ahilyabai Holkar road'
Meanwhile, Guna Collector Kumar Purshottam said, "It is wrong to say that as per government records the road, which was named after late Sagar Sisodia, was earlier known as the Ahilyabai Holkar road." The GMC had passed a resolution on August 6, 2019, to name the road after Sagar Singh Sisodia, Purshottam said, adding that the street was not named after any eminent personality.
