Demand in Vidhan Sabha to imprison Mahisagar Collector over remarks on atrocity cases

During a Gujarat Vidhan Sabha discussion, Congress MLA Jignesh Mevani demanded the suspension and imprisonment of the Mahisagar District Collector IAS Neha Kumari. He accused the collector of threatening a Dalit applicant and making controversial remarks about the Atrocity Act during an event held four months ago.

Mevani told the House that the collector was aware that the applicant standing before her was from the Scheduled Caste, but despite that, she used words that could be called obscene and unparliamentary, in the presence of three other government employees.

Mevani said that the collector stated that in Gujarat, Dalits and tribals file 90% of atrocity cases as a means of blackmailing. He added, “I demand from the state government that if the government truly wants to ensure social justice, then a case should be registered against the Mahisagar Collector, and she should be put behind bars.”

Following that, a verbal altercation took place between former minister and MLA Ramanlal Vora, who had stood up to deliver a speech in the House, and Mevani. During the exchange, Vora alleged that the Congress had thrown the household belongings and furniture of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar’s wife, Savitaben Ambedkar, on the road. In response, Congress MLAs Shailesh Parmar and Mevani raised a point of order in the House.