Trying to substantiate various charges made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his public meeting at Khordha on Monday, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday said those who are in power in the State have nourished mining, chit fund and PC (percentage) demons and people would drive away them in the coming elections.
“People of Odisha know MPs and MLAs of which party have gone to jail; mining mafia belong to which party and an important person whose house has been visited by a chit fund investigation team. People also know about who encouraged mining theft. People have already made up their mind for a (political) change,” Pradhan told reporters.
He said the word ‘demon’ uttered by Modi is not an abusive. “The Prime Minister raised issues of non-implementation of the Ayushman Bharat Yojana, tardy progress in construction of toilets for poor women and dearth of teachers in schools with all democratic dignity. People in fear are misinterpreting it,” Pradhan said in response to a media query.
He demanded that the Chief Minister make public the data on his promise of creating irrigation facility and the other facilities created for farmers so far.