The Madhya Pradesh Congress here on Tuesday alleged that the heartland state has been rocked by numerous scams in the past 13 years of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rule.
"There have been 156 scams, scandals and failures in the past 156 months of the BJP's rule. Of them, the major include the Professional Examination Board scam, the Dental and Medical Admission Test scam, the Simhastha scam and the dumper scam," state Congress chief Arun Yadav told media inside the Vidhan Sabha premises.
He alleged that irregularities took place in the purchase of land and availing of other benefits by the kin of a prominent BJP leader, besides inconsistencies in construction of toilets, payment of wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and distribution of ration under the public service distribution system among others.
Acting leader of the Opposition Bala Bachchan said the state ranked third in number of suicides by farmers and first in terms of infant mortality rate and atrocities against women.
The leader duo raised questions the need for celebrations by the regime in view of vast number of scams and scandals. Yadav alleged that the dispensation made preparations for seven lakh people in the recent 'Hitgrahi Sammelan (conference of beneficiaries)' but only 40,000-50,000 turned up.
They said that MP government has spent Rs 5000 crore in organising the month-long Simahasta - Kumbh in Ujjain in April and May, of which Rs 1500 crore has been siphoned off. They said that inquiries in connection with corruption against 12 MP Ministers are pending with lokayukta Police adding the state government has not acted against them yet.
Yadav and Bachchan said that permanent pandals have been put up at Chief Minister's official residence and crores of rupees are being given to its owner.