Raipur, Oct 4 (PTI) BJP leader and former Chhattisgarh minister Nanki Ram Kanwar on Saturday alleged that he was placed under house arrest to stop him from staging a protest outside Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai's residence, demanding removal of a district collector.

Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Sharma, who holds the Home portfolio, denied that he was put under house arrest. Kanwar later returned to Korba after BJP leaders met him in the evening.

Kanwar (82), a tribal leader, is a former MLA from Rampur assembly seat in Korba district and was home minister from 2008 to 2013 during the Raman Singh-led BJP government.

"There can be no question of house arrest. Such things do not happen with a senior leader like him. He is our leader. We will listen to whatever his instruction is, and what

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