Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sounded bugle for the Congress campaign for the Madhya Pradesh elections on Monday by hitting out at the BJP over issues ranging from scams to promises of jobs.
At the rally in Jabalpur, Priyanka said the BJP regime has given only 21 government jobs in the state in the last three years. Alleging that the people of Madhya Pradesh are being “used” for the last 18 years, Priyanka said the BJP makes big promises during elections but don’t try to fulfil them. “I have seen several double, triple-engine governments, but people of Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka gave befitting reply to them. What happened to you in the past 18 years is wrong. You have been used and exploited,” she said.
She further said the BJP’s list of scams is longer than the number of insults Prime Minister Narendra Modi has uttered for the Congress, in a reference to the latter’s remark during the Karnataka election campaign warning people against ‘fake guarantees’ by the Congress.
Priyanka hit out at the collapse of ‘Saptarishis’ installed on the Mahakaleshwar temple premises in Ujjain city, saying the “BJP has not even spared Gods”. The Congress party had alleged corruption on BJP’s part, saying that the ruling party “didn’t keep even the sacred Mahakal away from its loot”.
“They have done 250 scams, every month a new scam has been done. The biggest impact of this will be felt by the public. Whenever ministers in the government only focus on loot, they do not focus on the main interest of the public. They think they will never be removed from power.
They recently made announcements for women. They did this because in six months, elections are coming. You have been running the government for the past three years, then why didn’t you make this announcement before?” Priyanka asked.
he highlighted that her late grandmother and former prime minister Indira Gandhi worked for the welfare of the Adivasi community and backward classes. “Today your plight is that atrocities are increasing – whether it is the old, young, tribals, dalits.,” Priyanka said.
Calling Chouhan a “ghoshna veer” (king of announcements), Priyanka said BJP leaders will do anything for power. “He (CM) has made 22,000 announcements, if he could have only given 22,000 jobs then it would have benefited him.
The truth is in front of you. All the work that has been done was done by the Congress government, it was done with a vision for your development.
Jawaharlal Nehru got IITs across the country, Indira Gandhi brought the green revolution, Rajiv Gandhi worked for a modern India, Manmohan Singh did a lot of work to take India forward. There was a vision,” she said.
Besides, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited Gwarighat to perform Narmada pooja in Jabalpur on June 12.
She was accompanied by Madhya Pradesh Congress President Kamal Nath. Priyanka Gandhi will be addressing a rally in Jabalpur today. Notably, Madhya Pradesh will go to polls in November this year.