The Congress has decided to make corruption, misrule of Chief Minister, Dr Raman Singh and breach of promise by the BJP as the main poll planks.
In the Press statement issued here on Thursday, the State Congress spokesperson Sushil Anand Shukla said that during the reign of the Congress, common man was never been unhappy, never the Government was accused of bureaucratic highhandedness. But all the big leaders of the BJP, including the late Dilip Singh Judeo, Ramesh Bains, Nandkumar Sai, have charged the Raman government with administrative anarchy and the BJP leaders themselves are unhappy with the misrule of Raman Singh, he added.
He said that during the Congress rule women could move in the state without any fear, corrupt officers were not getting patronage, no conspiracy was made to eliminate opposition leaders, like that of Jeeram Ghati, never a collector was kidnapped, no SP was killed and there were no threat of Naxalites in the State capital, no new bridge was broken in the constituency of the Chief Minister due to corruption, lodha dam in the constituency of Water Resources Minister was broken even before its dedication, there were no scams like Mowa paddy scam and fake purchase of paddy more than its production.
Shukla said that a four-year-old innocent girl became victim of misconduct in the constituency of the Chief Minister and was tormented for hours in the biggest hospital of the State in the name of treatment. He alleged that the ministers in the state used to receive kickback in dollars.
He said that the BJP Government in its 10-year rule has promoted corruption, the mineral wealth, water, forest and land of the State has been sold. Bhatgaon coal block has been handed over to Sanchedi company which is very close to the former National president of the BJP, Nitin Gadkari and Parsa coal block has been given to Adani group at the behest of Narendra Modi. Salhewara iron ore mines was given to the Ma Bimbleshwari Minerals of the Chief Minister’s classmate, iron ore mines worth thousands of crores has been allotted to Pushp Steel company, the capital of which is only one lakh rupees, he alleged.
Shukla said that the son of the BJP’s Home Minister makes fake purchases of the land of tribals for the industrialists, the kin of Health Minister has forcibly made ‘benamy’ registry of the land of farmers in Bhadaura. Because of spurious medicines more than 100 people lost their eyesight and 5 persons lost their life in the Government eye camps organised at Balod, Kawardha, Dhamtari, Baghbahara and other parts of the State, he accused.
Shukla alleged that in the Raman Government only corruption, misrule and atrocities were committed. As the chief of the State, Raman Singh could not save himself from the responsibility in the peoples’ court.