Congress Jharkhand in-charge BK Hariprasad on Thursday said that there will be a fight between the forces of development and destruction in the forthcoming lok Sabha elections.
“On the one hand, there will be the Congress with Mahatma Gandhi’s ideology while on the other, there will be the BJP with the ideology of his killer Nathuram Godse,” he said. Hariprasad was addressing the party men during a workers’ meet of North Chotanagpur division here. He asked them to get ready for both the parliamentary as well as assembly elections.
Boosting the morale of the party cadres, Hariprasad said that there are a lot of issues which will help the party to attract voters. “I have not come here with any message of Sonia or Rahul Gandhi but I am here to make you acquainted with the weapons with which we can go to the voters,” said Hariprasad.
Calling the workers as the backbone of party, he said that MGNREGA, Right to Information, Right to Education, and laws for food security, footpath vendors and land acquisition are the weapons which will help the party to counter the opposition in the elections.
Blaming the previous governments for the sorry state of Jharkhand, Hariprasad said once we experimented with giving outside support to the Koda government which made a record in corruption. “Hence we joined the government this time with a pledge of good governance,” he added.
“The ministers will perform as they have a very less time to go for elections,” he added. Referring to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, former union minister and MP from Ranchi Subodh Kant Sahay said that a person during whose regime 3000 innocent people were killed, is now dreaming to lead the country.
He dubbed BJP a party of rumour mongers and alleged that Gujarat is ranked 14th in educational and 11th in health facilities among States but “separatist” forces are talking about imposing Gujarat model.
Jharkhand State Congress Committee President Sukhdeo Bhagat also said the party decided to join government that after a long discussion, and a common minimum programme was formed. “The ministers have been given their tasks and very soon results will be on the ground. In the coming days all the five ministers will be made in-charge of a division with whom the workers could share their problems,” said Bhagat.
Bhagat also cleared that Congress will not be giving tickets to those who join the party at the time of elections and MlAs will not be given charge of boards and corporations.
The workers were also addressed among others by Rajya Sabha MPs Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu, Dheeraj Prasad Sahu and ministers Rajendra Prasad Singh, Geetashree Oraon and Yogendra Sao, MlAs Rajesh Ranjan,
Sarfraj Ahmad, Banna Gupta, former speaker Alamgir Alam and JPCC spokesperson Shailesh Sinha.Remarkably, Hazaribagh MlA Saurabh Narain Singh was missing from the posters, banners and dais as well during the meet.