Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday accused the Bhupesh Baghel government in Chhattisgarh of being indulged in corruption.
Addressing a nomination rally of a BJP candidate in Bijapur, the Information and Broadcasting Minister also said the Modi government’s efforts had resulted in a decline in Maoist activities in Bastar.
Thakur’s rally was held after former state minister Mahesh Gagda filed his nomination papers from Bijapur (ST) seat where polling will be held on November 7.
Thakur claimed that the incidents of Naxalite violence have declined by 52 per cent in Chhattisgarh due to the Modi government.
Thakur said news and programmes are being broadcast through Akashwani in Gondi and Halbi dialects (spoken by tribals in Bastar) while five FM stations have been approved for Bastar division.
Accusing the Baghel government of corruption, Thakur said the people of Chhattisgarh were fed up with “Bhu-Pay”, a term coined by the BJP as a play on the name Bhupesh Baghel and a digital payment system.
“The Congress government did nothing except committing scams. There are scams in liquor, coal, sand and rice. Baghel has committed corruption in cow dung (procurement scheme) and rice (distribution through PDS),” he alleged.