Ridiculing the BJP’s proposed CM residence gherao stir slated on October 5, Chief Minister Harish Rawat’s media in-charge Surendra Kumar said it reflected the Opposition’s frustration. He dubbed it as a cheap stunt.
Kumar advised the saffron leaders to gherao 7 Race Course instead, demanding monetary benefit or special package of the State.
He also appealed to the people to make the MPs to account for their performance over the past 17 months. “The Union Government has withdrawn Uttarakhand’s status of bordering state. Now, they are treating Uttarakhand as step brother. BJP should raise voice against it,” he said.
“BJP delights to make religion its poll plank. But its government is sitting over the demand for fund for the Ardh Kumbh-2016. Despite knowing that Uttarakhand is a disaster prone state they are not releasing fund for the relocation of disaster- affected villages,” Kumar said.
The parochial approach against Uttarkhand flies in the face of the PM pitching for team India, he said.
He made it clear that the Congress-led State Government does not indulge in politics of discrimination.
“The BJP is batting for MlAs who have been named in a sub inspector’s murder and rape cases. Action has been taken after the MlAs had tried to put hurdle in the government’s work,” Kumar said.