India / Dalit couple in MP drinks pesticide while resisting eviction from land

Guna: A Dalit farmer couple consumed pesticide in front of their children in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna because the police tried to destroy their crops and evict the couple’s family from a piece of “government-owned land.” Following this, videos emerged on the internet in which the police can be seen clearly thrashing locals, including children, in that area.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and BJP MP Jyotiraditya Scindia, among others, have condemned the incident.

The Collecter and SP Have Been Removed: Scindia

Jyotiraditya Scindia, BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP, first took to Twitter to share that he has requested MP Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to take strict action against the officers. He later tweeted that Shivraj Singh Chouhan had directed the removal of Guna Collector and Superintendent of Police (SP) with immediate effect.

‘What is the Difference Between BJP and Congress,’ Asks Mayawati

National President of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and former chief minister of UP (Uttar Pradesh), Mayawati, on Thursday, alleged that the actions of the Guna police and administration were extremely cruel, as well as shameful.