Congress candidate for Bastar Lok Sabha seat Deepak Baij said on Sunday that BJP failed to usher in development in vast poverty-hit Bastar despite it kept winning the seat for past 20 years.
Rs Rs People have given enough chance to BJP in Bastar, now it’s the turn of Congress’’ Baij remarked in a formal chat with reporters at Bijapur which comes under Bastar parliamentary constituency.
On Naxal issue, Baij said that he had already demanded release of innocent tribal booked in various jails under false cases.
“Dialogue with the villagers, local leaders will be initiated soon and a solution to the Naxal issue in Bastar to be found,’’ he said.