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MP backward due to inaction of Congress govt: Jaitley
Sagar, Aug 31: Accusing Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh of resorting to `politics of manipulations`, Union Law Minister Arun Jaitley today said that the state had became `backward due to inaction` during past ten years of Congress rule.
Sagar, Aug 31: Accusing Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh of resorting to `politics of manipulations', Union Law Minister Arun Jaitley today said that the state had became `backward due to inaction' during past ten years of Congress rule.
"Despite vast scope for development in Madhya Pradesh, Congress government is indulging in manipulative politics,” Jaitley told a state-level symposium organised by the ‘Gaurav’ institution here.
Charging the state government of having failed on all fronts, he said electricity and drinking water problem had posed a big challenge while roads across the state are in poor condition.
He claimed that health services in the state were dismal leading to rise in death rate.
Referring to democratic traditions in India, he said, "after partition there has virtually been no democracy in Pakistan while in our country it became strong".
Jaitely said that there had been poverty and starvation in the country since independence but today India was self-reliant in foodgrain production.
"Though India became free from starvation, unemployment exists even today and poverty has not been removed from the country so far," he said.
"This is a great challenge before us," the senior BJP leader said and claimed that during the last 10 years, poverty has become less in the country and "we want to eliminate it any way in seven years.”
Charging the state government of having failed on all fronts, he said electricity and drinking water problem had posed a big challenge while roads across the state are in poor condition.
He claimed that health services in the state were dismal leading to rise in death rate.
Referring to democratic traditions in India, he said, "after partition there has virtually been no democracy in Pakistan while in our country it became strong".
Jaitely said that there had been poverty and starvation in the country since independence but today India was self-reliant in foodgrain production.
"Though India became free from starvation, unemployment exists even today and poverty has not been removed from the country so far," he said.
"This is a great challenge before us," the senior BJP leader said and claimed that during the last 10 years, poverty has become less in the country and "we want to eliminate it any way in seven years.”
Bureau Report