Taking potshots at Rahul Gandhi, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said that for the Congress vice president, family meant only his grandmother, mother and father.
“Few days ago a friend (Rahul) visited Indore. These days he refers to his grandmother, mother and father, who he considers as his only family, while for me all the 7.5 crore people of the State, are family,” Chouhan said at a rally at Sanver in Bhopal on the last day of his ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’.
Referring to Rahul’s allegation, quoting a UNICEF report that starvation levels in Madhya Pradesh and South Africa were same, Chouhan said his Government had launched Mukhyamantri Annapurna Scheme to provide food grains to the people at a very low rate in 2008 itself.
Taking a dig at the Congress leaders over their “newfound” unity, Chouhan said those who had until recently been fighting like “snakes and mongooses” were now walking hand-in- hand after being scared by the growing support for BJP.
“Afraid of the BJP’s growing public support, Congress leaders who were earlier fighting like snakes and mongooses are repeatedly saying now that they are united,” Chouhan said on the last day of his ‘Janashirwad Yatra’.
Attacking the Congress leaders for calling him a “ghoshna- veer”, Chouhan said, “Congress leaders should know that announcements are made by ‘veers’ (the brave) and not by cowards.”