Launching a scathing attack on the Congress leadership, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said that the Congress was one of the most corrupt parties that had fleeced people for political gains and diverted government money for personal benefit.
“If you do not believe me ask anyone on the street which is the most corrupt party in India and they will say that it is Congress,” the Deputy Chief Minister said while addressing a Gujjar convention here on Sunday.
He said that while on the one hand people knew that Congress was corrupt, on the other, they believed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was an honest man who was working hard for the welfare of the people.
“The policies of the Union government are meant for the benefit of the poor and downtrodden and the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is implementing those policies in letter and spirit,” Maurya said.
“It is a fact that Congress is projecting Rahul Gandhi as prime ministerial candidate only because he has been born in Gandhi family. Had he been born in a simple family he would not have got ticket or won election. On the other hand, in the Bharatiya Janata Party, even a chai wala’s son can climb to the post of prime minister,” he said.
Maurya praised the contribution of the members of the Gujjar samaj in making the country strong. “Our party respects these people. On October 21, the Prime Minister will unveil the tallest statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel in the country,” he said.
Maurya also attacked Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav, saying that he had betrayed not only his family members but also the people of the state. “How can a party which has already surrendered to Bahujan Samaj Party face the BJP. This shows the said party does not have a vision or policy,” he said. National president of BJP Backward Cell and senior minister in the Yogi Adityanath government, Dara Singh Chauhan, also spoke on this occasion.