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'Wife' troubles dog Jharkhand BJP leaders
Monday April 29, 2013 08:17:50 PM,
IANS
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Ranchi: Many senior BJP leaders in Jharkhand have faced embarrassment as women
claiming to be their 'wives' have spoken to the media.
The latest such episode involves Baijnath Ram, who was education
minister in the Arjun Munda government till January.
On Saturday, Seema Rai, vice president of the Scheduled Castes
Cell of the state, appeared before the media in New Delhi to say
her "husband" had deserted her in a mall. The runaway husband, she
said, was Ram, who is already married and a father of three.
The embarrassed BJP took prompt action and suspended, Sunday, both
Baijnath Ram and Seema Rai.
"Baijnath Ram and Seema Rai have been suspended from the party"
Pradeep Sinha, Jharkhand BJP spokesperson, told reporters here
Monday.
Ram is not the first BJP leader in the state to face such an
allegation.
Satyanand Jha Batul, who was also in the Arjun Munda government
till January this year, has faced similar charges.
Soni Devi, a teacher, alleged in 2011 that Batul was her husband
and that he had fathered a son by her.
Batul denied the charges, but Soni Devi continued to make the
claims before media.
The BJP, however, took no action against Batul. No explanation was
sought from Batul, and he did not resign from the party.
The difference in treatment meted out to the two men has raised
eyebrows.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, one BJP leader told IANS: "The
image of the party takes a drubbing with such instances. Both the
men are ex-ministers. The party should show guts and adopt similar
yardsticks in the cases of both leaders."
BJP had also suffered major embarrassment when the first chief
minister of Jharkhand, Babulal Marandi, made headlines when
similar allegations were made against him. But Marandi quit BJP in
2006 to form a separate party.
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