Raipur: The ruling BJP in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday accused former chief minister Ajit Jogi and his son Amit of having links with the naxalites, with Jogi denying it.
"Both Jogi and his son Amit have links with naxalites and they even tried to influence the result of the December 2003 Assembly election with the help of the Maoists," state BJP General Secretary and spokesperson Saroj Pandey alleged.
"If the allegations are false, then let Amit clarify as to why he had gone to the hyper-naxal infested Bastar region to meet the Maoists; who had met the naxalite leaders in Hyderabad and also whether the news reports that Ajit Jogi met the naxalite leaders at the CM's residence were false," she asked in a statement.
BJP claimed that Jogi tried to influence the election results in the state with the help of naxalites, but other than Dantewada, Jogi failed to get success, as naxalites did not have influence in the rest of the areas.
One of the main reasons behind the Congress rout in the Assembly election was Jogi's strategy to win the polls with the help of naxalites, Pandey alleged, adding that because of the 'wrong policies' of the previous Congress government, naxal violence had increased in the state.
However, denying the allegations, Jogi termed them as 'totally baseless and false'.
"Even after crossing half of the mandated period, the BJP government in the state has failed to achieve anything and to hide that failure. The ruling party was now taking help of lies and baseless allegations," he said.
If the BJP's claim of naxal assistance for Congress was true, then how come Congress could win only three of the 23 naxal-affected segments, he asked.
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