Fed up with harassment from a group of BJP activists, the granddaughter of legendary Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shyamacharan Shukla has threatened to resign from her job as a medical officer at the Government Victoria Hospital in Jabalpur. Dr Rachna Shukla narrated her traumatic experience on Facebook of the police not filing an FIR against a group of BJP activists who allegedly harassed her even though she had complained against the incident three months ago.
In her post, Rachna claimed she was sick of “torture and humiliation” by the BJP 'goons'. She said that she is pained that the police did not even register an FIR after her complaint.
Rachna wrote that in February, some persons accompanying a patient hurled abuses at her and threatened to 'dishonour' her. She claimed that the miscreants were BJP supporters. Immediately after the incident, she informed the police but no action was taken or FIR registered. The incident made other doctors of the hospital stop their work for a few days. They rejoined their duties only after the assurance that action would be taken.
Rachna Shukla's Facebook post
After three months of the incident, Rachna raised the issue through a social media post, saying, “If no action is taken against persons threatening to dishonour me, it is futile to continue working,” she said. “I come from an eminent family and I cannot work in such humiliating circumstances. Please accept my resignation,” she said. A day after her outburst, Rachna again posted on her Facebook account that she had been 'persuaded' by the medical fraternity not to resign.
The issue had attracted publicity as it involved one of the most prominent political families of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Pandit Ravishankar Shukla, the great-grandfather of Rachna, was the first chief minister of Madhya Pradesh in 1956. Shyamacharan was son of Ravishankar Shukla. Shyamacharan was chief minister of Madhya Pradesh thrice between 1967 and 1990.