Former CM holds roadshow to seek blessings for Pragya Thakur
Chronicle Reporter, Bhopal, Congress had made many promises in the last elections but did not fulfill them. Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday said this while addressing a public meeting in support of BJP candidate Pragya Singh Thakur.
Chouhan slammed the Congress-led state government for not waving off farmer loans, even when party president Rahul Gandhi claimed to do so within 10 days after coming into power.
“On one hand the Congress government here is claiming that they have waived off the loans of all the farmers, however, farmers are still receiving notices for not paying their debts. I appeal to the state government and Chief Minister Kamal Nath that they should satisfy the farmers rather than making me feel contended by paying money to the banks,” Chouhan told media here.
“You will get to know on May 23 when the Lok Sabha election results will come out. There is no meaning of sending me a pen drive like this.
Rahul Gandhi had said that within 10 days after forming government in Madhya Pradesh they will waive off the farmer loans. This has not been done yet. They have cheated lakhs of farmers… They should bring bank documents to me,” he added.
Chouhan went on to claim that Gandhi cheated the farmers of Madhya Pradesh. “The total loan worth is Rs 48,000 crore. They have only given Rs 1,300 crore to banks.
Since Model Code of Conduct came into effect, the Chief Minister has sent messages to lakhs to farmers stating that your loans couldn’t be waived off due to the Lok Sabha elections and will be done after that,” he claimed.
The BJP leader’s statement comes after a Congress delegation led by former Union Minister and Congress leader Suresh Pachouri reached his residence on Tuesday morning with documents containing details of farmers whose loans have been waived off by the state government.He said Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur has been made the BJP candidate from Bhopal as the party feels she is not guilty but was made a scapegoat by the then Congress government after coining the word ‘bhagwa aatanki’ (saffron terror).
Chouhan said Sadhvi Pragya Thakur was made the party’s candidate after a lot of deliberation. He said in 2008 a word was coined ‘bhagwa aatanki’ (saffron terror). Congress coined this word and they made her scapegoat and Digvijaya Singh was the medium, he said.
The former Chief Minister said that a different kind of atmosphere was created by bringing in “Hindutva terrorism” in the picture.
This was brought under a conspiracy to defame Hindutva. And Sadhvi Pragya was made the scapegoat. She was tortured and despite being a woman she was beaten up mercilessly, he said. And Sadhvi Pragya is not fighting alone we all are fighting with her in the elections, he said.
Chouhan said the party fielded her only after Digvijaya Singh’s candidature was announced in Bhopal. It was decided that she was the perfect candidate against Digvijaya Singh. And it was a collective decision of the party, he said.He said nationalism has always been our issue. Will any citizen like, if any soldiers are beheaded by Pakistan.
Recalling the 2016 surgical strikes and the 2019 Balakot air strike across the border, he said after Uri and Pulwama we gave befitting reply to Pakistan. There is nothing wrong in nationalism issue, he said.
Lamenting at the Congress and the other opposition parties, the three time Chief Minister said: “Those who are worried never followed nationalism and never bothered for the national security.
Those who gave shelter to SIMI and those who speak in the language of terrorists have problem with the issue of nationalism, he asserted.
Hitting out at the Congress for demanding evidence after the air strikes in Pakistan, he said after Balakot everyone is happy but the Congress questions it. They looked sad after the surgical strike and air strike and after we successfully brought back Wing Commander Abhinandan.
So far 13 out of 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh have voted. Elections in rest of the 16 seats go to polls in the sixth and seventh phase of on May 12 and 19. Counting of votes will take place on May 23.