Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National general secretary and MP Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday said that the Congress party leaders have a history of colluding with the Naxals just before polls.
The Congress party had been repeating statements on Jeeram Ghati massacre of the Congress leaders by Maoists and the insurgency problem in Bastar during polls, he said which addressing a Press conference here.
He said that the insurgency problem is not just confined to Chhattisgarh, but the problem is spread over several other States in the country.
The Congress party has no issues for the Chhattisgarh Assembly polls besides appearing helpless after the conduct of the first phase of polls in the State, Pradhan said.
He said that the BJP’s poll campaign in Chhattisgarh has reached a decisive phase.
In the last public meeting in Chhattisgarh, AICC president Sonia Gandhi spoke about the State’s development. The BJP would like to challenge the Congress president to compare the development that took place between 2000 to 2003 during the Congress regime and during the BJP rule in the State thereafter, Pradhan said.
The Congress party should provide an account of the work done by it during 2000 to 2003 in Chhattisgarh during the ongoing Assembly polls, he demanded.
In Chhattisgarh, Dr Raman Singh is the captain of the BJP. The Congress must declare its captain for the State, he added.
On Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal campaigning for the Congress candidates in Chhattisgarh, the BJP national general secretary remarked, “Sripakashji please return the coal scam files before campaigning in Chhattisgarh.”