FIR against Congress MLAs, workers over NH blockade during farmers' stir in MP's Dhar

BHOPAL: Police in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district have registered an FIR against around 26 Congress leaders and hundreds of party workers for allegedly blocking a National Highway during a statewide farmers’ protest organised by the Congress at Khalghat on May 7.

FIR copy available with IANS stated that protesters parked tractors and other vehicles on the Khalghat four-lane stretch of the Indore-Ahmedabad National Highway, disrupting traffic for several hours and causing severe inconvenience to commuters.

Police had to divert vehicles through alternate routes as long queues built up on both sides.

The FIR names several senior Congress leaders, including Gandhwani MLA and Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar, Rajpur MLA Bala Bachchan, Kukshi MLA Honey Baghel, and Sardarpur MLA Pratap Grewal.

Other legislators booked include Jhuma Solanki, Kedar Dawar, Hiralal Alawa, and Montu Solanki. Former minister Sachin Yadav has also been named as an accused.

Several district-level office bearers and local workers are also named in the FIR. These include district Congress president Swatantra Joshi, Assembly in-charge Antim Dholi, Subhash Sirsiya, Jitendra Maliwad, Vikas Patel, Sudama Sen, Bhim Thakur, Pawan Jaiswal, Sanjay Panwar, Devendra Patidar, Sukram Makwana, and Puranlal Kharte, among others.