PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/Dehradun
With veteran Congress leader and former chief minister Harish Rawat becoming active after a few months, the Bharatiya Janata Party has commented that Congress leaders are roaming around with the 2017 proven chargesheet. The BJP State president and Rajya Sabha member Mahendra Bhatt said that the public had rejected the Congress on issues including mining, corruption and crime. He suggested that Rawat should understand that he has played enough politics and that the nation is above all, adding that even his followers in the party are not willing to accept him now.
Responding to media queries in a statement, the BJP State president said that the Congress is confused when it comes to public issues. “The double-engine government in Uttarakhand has done unprecedented development and public welfare works, considering that the opposition does not have any issue to even level an allegation. The Congress leaders roaming around with the chargesheet should understand that all the allegations levelled on the Congress are proven correct by it- the allegations regarding mining, crime, corruption and recruitment scam. This is why the people rejected the Congress in 2017 and then again in 2022. It seems as if the Congress thinks that the people have forgotten their misdeeds and immoral activities,” Bhatt said.
He questioned how anybody will believe the allegations levelled by the Congress regarding the recruitment process at a time when more than 37,000 appointments have been made through a transparent, fair and systematic process. The Congress government had corrupted the recruitment system into one based on payment, chits and protecting the copy mafia, he said. “Who will believe the Congress’ allegations of corruption when even IAS and IFS officers found involved in corruption faced justice under Pushkar Singh Dhami’s government? Every person saw Rawat as the CM on screen openly offering the loot of resources. The public had to undertake movements to even get a report lodged against crimes under the Congress so its allegations will not hold water,” the BJP State chief said.
Regarding Rawat’s renewed activity, Bhatt said that the BJP has no problem with him and wishes him good health. He said that it is Congress leaders who are actually bothered by his return.
