New Delhi, May 7
The BJP on Sunday demanded instant resignation of Punjab minister Lal Chand Kataruchak and an impartial probe into allegations of sexual misconduct in opposition to him.
This got here after the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), following a letter despatched to it by the sufferer, issued a discover to the Punjab authorities on Friday, asking it to submit a report on the allegations in opposition to Kataruchak.
The sufferer has additionally accused the minister of threatening him and his household.
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Speaking at a press convention right here, BJP nationwide spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla mentioned, “This is a terrifying story of sexual exploitation, sexual predatory behaviour, sexual grooming, debauchery and most of all, ethical turpitude and ethical degradation to the bottom ranges.” Kataruchak has exploited a “Dalit boy”, Poonawalla charged, citing the allegations levelled by the sufferer in opposition to the minister.
“We demand instant resignation of the minister and an impartial probe during which the state authorities has no function,” he added.
Poonawalla mentioned Kataruchak is a “heavyweight” minister within the Punjab authorities and has “a really shut relation” with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal.
“So lengthy as Kataruchak is a minister within the Punjab authorities, there can’t be an impartial probe into allegations in opposition to him,” he mentioned, claiming that the sufferer’s life is in peril.
Kataruchak had allegedly approached the sufferer “by sending him a pal request on Facebook in 2013-14 and when he accepted it, Kataruchak allegedly began making advances”, the NSCN had mentioned on Friday, quoting from the sufferer’s letter.
“Since he was an influential individual, he had promised me a authorities job resulting from which I remained mum. I used to be too younger at the moment to grasp something. But, his sexual excesses continued until 2021. However, he met me for the final time on Diwali in 2021 and he neither supplied me with a job nor he met me after that,” the sufferer claimed.
“I’m now on the run and submitting the criticism in Delhi because the minister is threatening to hurt me or my household,” he alleged.
Recently, a video on the matter was handed over to Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit by Congress chief Sukhpal Singh Khaira.
Purohit has forwarded the forensic report of Kataruchak’s “objectionable” video to Chief Minister Mann, sources mentioned on Saturday, including that in keeping with the report, the video was not morphed.
Taking cognisance of the sufferer’s criticism, the NCSC has issued a discover to the Punjab authorities and requested the chief secretary and the director normal of police to analyze the matter and submit an motion taken report “instantly” by means of publish or e mail.
The fee additionally requested them to supply safety to the sufferer.
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