Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday said the BJP was wrongly claiming credit for controlling the Maoist menace in the state.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah's claim that it was the Modi government which checked Maoists was a bundle of lies, Baghel told a public meeting in Jagdalpur.
The Chief Minister also accused Shah of not telling the truth about the proposed privatization of Bastar’s Nagarnar Steel Plant.
After the public meeting, Congress candidates took out rallies in Jagdalpur, Chitrakot and Bastar assembly constituencies.
"They (BJP) are continuously telling lies... There was a double-engine government when there was the Raman Singh government in Chhattisgarh but Naxalism increased...
"Our government came and we tried to win everyone's trust. We talked to everyone -- tribals, businessmen, youths. Then we made a strategy... Now, the Naxalites have stepped back..." He said Shah's statement that the Nagarnar Steel Plant in Bastar will not be privatized was stated keeping in view the upcoming Assembly elections.