Congress made a big disclosure 12 years after the Jhiram Valley attack
Congress made a big disclosure 12 years after the Jhiram Valley attack, Singhdev said – these people had killed our leaders
Naxalites attacked the convoy of Congress leaders during the Congress Party’s ‘Parivartan Rally’ in Jhiram Ghati of Bastar district of Chhattisgarh on 25 May 2013, in which 29 leaders, workers and security personnel including the then state Congress chief Nand Kumar Patel, former Leader of Opposition Mahendra Karma and former Union Minister Vidyacharan Shukla were also killed.
The Congress party remembered its martyred leaders on the anniversary of this incident on Sunday, 25 May.
On this occasion, Congress celebrated Martyr’s Day across the state on the completion of 12 years of the tragic incident of Jhiram Valley. During this visit, former Deputy CM TS Singhdev gave a big statement regarding the Jhiram Valley attack. His statement This has created a sensation in the political circles. In fact, he has said that I am clear that the Jhiram Ghati attack was not a Naxalite incident. It was a well-planned conspiracy to kill Congress leaders.
Questions were also raised on the working system of NIA
He said that the name of late Nandkumar Patel was being asked at the spot of the incident. This shows that this incident was carried out conspiratorially with the aim of killing Nandkumar Patel, in which 29 people lost their lives. Singh Dev further said that I have also put this point in front of the investigation committee that this incident was not a Naxalite attack. He said that I was in charge of Parivartan Yatra. Despite this, NIA did not call me for questioning. Singhdev further said that Nandkumar Patel was the state president of the state Congress. During that time, people with thinking that the election results would not come in favor of Congress had carried out the Jhiram Ghati incident. He has clearly said that the Jhiram Ghati incident was not a Naxalite, but a political attack.
The news that came out after the attack. It was said in it That the Naxalites were hiding there to ambush the group of Congress leaders. They first exploded the IED. After this they started firing. During this time the Naxalites started looking for Mahendra Karma. It is worth noting that Karma was known for running Salwa Judum (civil movement) against the Naxalites. He was the face of the Congress party in Bastar and was on the hit list of the Naxalites.