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Minister Amit Shah said if the BJP comes to power in Chhattisgarh, Naxalism
will be eliminated from the State in five years.
Addressing a rally
in the Jashpur constituency of Chhattisgarh, Shah slammed Chief Minister
Bhupesh Baghel-led dispensation saying while ‘Chandrayaan’ was to the moon
under the Central Government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the
point where it landed was named ‘Shivshakti’, the Congress Government in the State
indulged in betting in the name of ‘Mahadev’.
Further targeting
the State Congress Government, Shah said rampant religious conversion took
place in the last five years.
Shah appealed to
the people to form a “double-engine” government (BJP at the Centre and in
Chhattisgarh) and assured that Naxalism would be eliminated from the State in
five years.
The rule of “corruption”
prevailed in Chhattisgarh in the last five years, he said, claiming the Baghel Government indulged in several “scams worth thousands of crores of rupees.”
“Under the
Modi-led government at the Centre, ‘Chandrayaan’ was sent to the moon and Modi
ji named the point as Shivshakti, expressing reverence to Lord Shiva. But the
Congress government in Chhattisgarh, they opened a betting app in the name of
Mahadev. They should be ashamed as they should have spared at least the name of
Mahadev,” remarked Shah.
People are saying “satte
(betting) pe satta (rule), kaun kar raha hai, Bhupesh kakka,” the senior BJP
leader said.
He said if the BJP
comes to power in the State, an enquiry commission will be set up and all those
who have been indulged in corruption will be sent to jail.
Besides, Shah said
rampant religious conversion took place during the Congress Government in
Chhattisgarh. The BJP will not allow the conversion of adivasis (tribals)
without their consent, and will protect them, he added.
The first phase of
polling in 20 out of the total 90 Assembly seats in the Congress-ruled State
was held on Tuesday.
Polling in the
remaining 70 seats will take place on November 17. Jashpur district will see
voting in the second phase.
PTI
