Taking a dig at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over his visit to Hyderabad, where he addressed a public meeting on Sunday, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh has said that the BJP had lost polls wherever the former campaigned for it in the past.
“We are not afraid of Modi. Wherever he had gone for campaigning, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got defeated in the polls,” the Congress general secretary said.Singh was talking to reporters after his arrival here to take part in a Congress rally to be addressed by the top leaders of the State. On the issue of Rs 5 ‘registration’ fee for Modi’s public meeting in Hyderabad, Singh said, “It is all bogus! The BJP itself will deposit the fee and later claim that so many people attended it. They are masters in manipulating things.”
Replying to a question on Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s act of sporting a skull cap on the occasion of Eid, Singh said, “Whether he wears a red cap or black, Congress has nothing to do with it. This is their job.” The former State Chief Minister also alleged that “rampant corruption” took place in the implementation of the special package of Bundelkhand region (of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh) under the Backward Region Grant Fund, which was sent to the State on the initiative of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.”
When asked, Singh said he was not interested in becoming Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister again as he wanted to focus on the national affairs. “But I am working in the State to ensure that Congress comes back to power,” he added. Alleging that corruption was rampant in Madhya Pradesh, the Congress leader said recruitment of Government officials was being made through the Professional Examination Board (PEB) by “taking money.”
“A CBI probe should be recommended into the PMT scam. There are a thousand ‘Munnabhais’ in the State who do not know to read an X-ray report,” said Singh while talking to reporters before taking part in the party’s mega-convention organised here. He said the ruling BJP Government had done away with the unemployment allowance implemented during the Congress rule. “Besides, the Government is collecting huge amount of fee through the PEB,” he added. Speaking about the BJP’s ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’, he said, “No development took place in the BJP rule. So for what they are seeking blessings forIJ