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This is an archive article published on August 16, 2013

Congress slams Chouhan Govt,says ruling BJP on its way out

Says despite adequate attention and funds,there is a paucity in development.

Opposition Congress leaders in Madhya Pradesh today slammed the BJP Government for its alleged misrule and corruption which they said had made life of the common man in the state miserable.

Addressing a public meeting at Mahatma Gandhi stadium in Mandla on Friday,the leaders,led by Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh,said there was a perceptible wave for change in the State,where Assembly election is due by the year-end.

Union Minister Kamal Nath,State Congress President Kantilal Bhuria and Leader of Opposition Ajay Singh,among others,spoke on the occasion.

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The common theme in their speeches was that the people of Madhya Pradesh know there is a big difference between what the BJP says and what it does. They will,hence,decide to throw the party out of power in the next poll).

Digvijay claimed that a lot of good things done when he was Chief Minister (1993-2003),had been undone by the ruling BJP,and that the government headed by Shivraj Singh Chouhan had given protection to the land Mafia which was responsible for so many problems in the State,while failing to provide employment to the youth,who now feel cheated

Kamal Nath said the Centre had given maximum fund to Madhya Pradesh’s Mandla and Dindori districts under the Backward Regional Grant Fund Scheme in the last 10 years. However,it was sad that the BJP Government unable to give a proper account of the manner in which it had spent this money,and a wave for change is sweeping Madhya Pradesh and BJP is sure to be voted out of power in the Assembly election. Ajay said that the BJP Government had only made empty announcements,and its ‘Atal Jyoti Abhiyan’ has failed to improve power situation in the state.

“Hardly a day passes when most places in the State do not face power cuts,” the Opposition leader said.

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