The MLA said the Bilaspur collector did not extend special VIP invitations to elected representatives for Rajyotsava celebrations, and sent 'ordinary invitation cards that are sent to common people'.
The arrested journalists ran a web portal zeroparty.in and had allegedly published some reports against ruling party MLAs talking against the chief minister of Chhattisgarh.
Chhattisgarh health minister T S Singh Deo, who proudly took to Twitter to flaunt his first jab of Covaxin had indulged in fear-mongering against the same vaccine earlier, spreading vaccine hesitancy and fear among the people.