CM Bhupesh Baghel takes to social media to retaliate HM AmitShah’s allegations during his Korba visit

Baghel replies in details to the questions raised by the Union Minister 

Raipur

Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a scathing attack on the Chhattisgarh government during his Korba visit on January 7, sounding the bugle for the upcoming assembly elections followed by Lok Sabha. He questioned the state government’s achievements in the last four years from development point of view. Retaliating to the allegations, Chief Minister BhupeshBaghel has given a point-wise answer through his social media account. The chief minister wrote, “Evading questions is cowardice, we are not a BJP of “scandals”, but a Congress of “work”.”

HM – If Narendra Modi is to be made the Prime Minister in 2024, then the BJP government will have to be formed in Chhattisgarh in 2023.

CM – You know very well the condition of BJP in Chhattisgarh. Your party and party leaders cheated Chhattisgarh a lot for 15 years, now the people here are not going to get trapped again. Your party gave false assurances to the farmers, made false promises. They have not even forgotten the kind of atrocities committed against the forest dwellers and tribals. Even after being the owner of water-forest-land, there were forced to live in poverty. It has been only 4 years since the Congress took over the work in Chhattisgarh, in these few days the people here have understood the difference between the words and actions of the Congress and the BJP. As far as Modi ji is concerned, the people here have seen and understood Modi ji’s policies very well. Even the people here will never be able to forget the black law of agriculture brought by the centre and the suppression of the farmer’s movement.

HM – I have come to Lord Shri Ram’s maternal home. Karma Mata, Rajim Mata, I salute everyone.

CM – It is very good that you have remembered that Chhattisgarh is the birthplace of Lord Ram. Now you must also remember that out of 14 years of exile, Lord Ram had spent 10 years in this Chhattisgarh. But I want to ask you that after ruling Chhattisgarh for 15 years, what has your government done for this holy land of Lord Ram? You people stuck to Ayodhya only because for you it was a political issue. Lord Ram resides in every vein of Chhattisgarh. They are settled in the culture here. You people only and only insulted this holy land. We also worship the forest dweller Ram. You people had the aggression of Ram, we have imbibed his kindness, sociability and equanimity. Ram Van Gaman tourism circuit project was made by our government and what did your government do.

It is a good thing that you remembered Karma Mata, MahtariRajim Dai. Have you forgotten that it was your government that changed the name of Rajim Mela to Kumbh Mela. How can people here forget such an insult to Rajim Dai?

HM – Bhupesh Bhaiya, its election ahead, what answer will you give to the public?

CM – The public will demand an answer from you as to why your government could not do the work that Bhupesh Baghel did in just four years as Chief Minister. You should prepare to answer. I know you guys don’t have an answer for this.

HM – For 15 years, the BJP government took Chhattisgarh from a Bimaru state to a developed state.

CM – When the BJP government took over, only three years have passed since the formation of the state, and you are saying that Chhattisgarh was a sick state. The first three years were the years of preparing the infrastructure for the development of the new state. The state of Chhattisgarh was a state full of all kinds of resources and possibilities, but your government neither used these resources properly nor exploited the possibilities for 15 years. In 15 years, the BJP government did only and only those works in which there was scope for commission. BJP cheated common farmers, forest dwellers, tribals. Congress did the work of providing social and economic justice to farmers and tribals. And remember that when the Raman Singh government left, Chhattisgarh was the poorest state in the country.

HM – We did the work of providing electricity to everyone.

CM – The tribals here remember very well how your government used to joke with them in the name of distributing slippers. They remember well how different slippers were distributed for different feet. You ask the villagers of Sukma and Gariaband that how much electricity they used to get during the tenure of your government. Today, if the farmers of areas like Abujhmad are able to take advantage of solar power, then our government has done this work, not your government.

HM – If there is a double engine government, the state will develop rapidly.

CM – The people of Chhattisgarh have heard the phrase of double engine before and also experienced it. In Chhattisgarh’s train, this double engine was installed in different directions and used to pull the train in different directions. People here would not want to repeat that nightmare again. They know who stops bonus to farmers, who stops payment of MNREGA and who bothers about GST.

HM – BJP worked for tribal and backward classes, Congress only talks.

CM – Please don’t joke. The people of tribal and backward classes here are watching very well what is the fate of the reservation bill passed by the Congress. It is not hidden from anyone that the Governor is keeping the reservation bill pending under the influence of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Please convey the message to them that this is not in the interest of the BJP, because the party has been exposed once again.

HM – If our government comes to Chhattisgarh, Bhupesh will have to pay every penny.

CM – My tenure is an open book. We have been giving account of every penny to the people. For the time being, ask Raman Singh for the account of his tenure. What is the account of Raipur’s Skywalk scam, food grains scam, mobile scam. In four years, our government has directly transferred Rs 1.5 lakh croreto the bank accounts of the poor and the deprived sections of the society. What did your government do? We have spent money in schemes like Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana, Godhan NyayYojana, Rajiv Gandhi Rural Landless Agricultural Laborer Justice Yojana, Suraji Gaon Yojana, Small Forest Produce Purchase, which directly benefit the deprived class people. Your government spent money only where it used to get huge commission. 

HM – ‘Baba of Chawal’ gave rice, ‘Baba of Congress’ is eating it.

CM – You should also tell the name of villain in ‘NAN Ghotala’,, chit fund scam, Panama scam. Only then it will be known who used to eat the ration of the poor and the earnings of the poor. Whose protection did the fake chit fund companies get in your government? Our government did the work of getting Rs 40 crore back to the people who were cheated by chit fund companies.

HM – Bhupesh Sarkar did the work of increasing rapes, increased bloodshed, cut forests of tribals.

CM – Just take the figures of your Raman government and our government’s tenure in hand and talk. Crime has been completely controlled during our tenure. The culprits are caught immediately. During the tenure of your government, the criminals had the protection of the government. It is clear from the statistics of crimes released by NCRB in 2021 that there has been a decrease in crimes during our rule as compared to the BJP rule in the state.

HM – We respected tribal pride, made tribal sister DroupadiMurmu the President.

CM – It is a very good thing that a tribal woman is holding the post of President today. This is because of her merit and not because of the grace of the BJP. You are insulting her  byrepeatedly saying this. Similarly, your party does politics on tribal reservation in Chhattisgarh, when the reservation bill passed unanimously in the assembly is sent to the Raj Bhavanfor signature, it should have been signed.

HM – Before the 2024 elections, the entire state will be made Naxal-free. In 2009, during the UPA government, there were more than 2200 Naxal incidents, which have reduced to 560 now.

CM – If Naxal incidents have reduced in Chhattisgarh, it is not because of you, but because of Congress’s policy of development, trust and security. When your government was in the state, even the schools were being closed due to the terror of Naxalites. During the tenure of your government, even haats and markets could not be set up in Naxal-affected areas. Today, during the tenure of our government, medical facilities are reaching remote villages through haat-bazaars. During the tenure of your government, common people used to oppose roads and security camps, today during the tenure of our government, people demand opening of roads, security camps and banks. Today people see the security camps of Chhattisgarh as facilities. Many types of facilities including ration card, Aadhaarcard are being provided through these security camps. When your government was in power in Chhattisgarh, people were left on God’s mercy. Our government is completing the work of survey of villages in Abujhmad area. Our government did the work of opening the doors of development for Abujhmad. 

HM – Except corruption, Bhupesh did not do any other work in the government. What did Bhupesh ji do for the tribals?

CM – Tribal brothers and sisters know very well what our government has done for them. You should tell what your government did when it was in power. Our government did the work of increasing tendu leaves collection rate from Rs 2500 to Rs 4000 per standard bag.

Our government did the work of increasing the number of minor forest produce to be collected from 07 to 65 at the support price.

Our government did the work of making Gothans in every village.

Our government did the work of buying cow dung for Rs 2 a kg and cow urine for 4 litres.

Our government did the work of connecting thousands of mothers and sisters with employment by upgrading Gothans into rural industrial parks.

Our government did the work of arranging processing of agricultural and forest produce at the local level.

Our government did the work of making PESA rules.

Our government did the work of ensuring the rights of water-forest-land.

Our government did the work of increasing the rights of Panchayats.

Our government did the work of providing forest rights to the forest dwellers through the distribution of forest rights letters.

Our government only implemented the rights to forest resources.

The Congress government also did the work of providing benefits of forest rights in urban areas.

The Congress government also did the work of returning the land to the farmers of Lohandiguda.

The Congress government did the work of liberating the farmers from debt.

Our government did the work of waiving irrigation tax.

Our government did the work of procuring millets at the support price.

The Chhattisgarh Congress government did the work of setting up the country’s largest millets processing unit.

Through the Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana, we did the work of providing input subsidy for all Kharif crops.

Congress did the work of protection of Devgudis and scams.

The Congress government started the organization of the National Tribal Dance Festival.

Our government started the organization of Chhattisgarhi Olympics.

Home Minister, the list is even longer.

In the meantime talks have taken place between the Chief Minister and the Union Home Minister on several issues.

In the meantime talks have taken place between the Chief Minister and the Union Home Minister on several issues.

HM – Due to two-and-a-half years of fighting, the development in the state is affected.

CM – I can understand that the success you have got by using wrong methods at some places has created a belief among you that you will be successful every time.

HM – Worked to give poverty, unemployment and Naxalism to Chhattisgarh in Congress rule.

CM – Naxalism flourished under the rule of the Bharatiya JanataParty. Peace has returned in the Congress rule. You are the Home Minister, you know all the facts. How long will you keep lying for the sake of politics.

HM – Along with this, the people of Chhattisgarh have been given the gift of poverty, hunger, corruption, dilapidated roads, Naxalism and increasing crime.

CM – This is another lie of yours. In four years, the people of Chhattisgarh have become financially prosperous. Our productivity has increased. Rapid construction of roads, bridges and culverts has taken place. With the construction of new bridges in remote areas like Abujhmad, the doors of development have opened.

HM – There were no roads in Chhattisgarh, tribals had weapons and Naxalism in their hands.

CM – People also remember how many fake ration cards were made during the Raman period. BJP’s supporters used to eat the rice from the poor’s share. The construction of infrastructure in Chhattisgarh was started by the Congress. In 15 years, this work could not progress as much as it should have progressed. If there was anger and mistrust against the power among the tribals, then it was against your power. The faith of the tribals has returned to democracy during our rule. Congress has won all the by-elections held in the state in the last four years.

HM- We did the work of sending electricity to every village within Chhattisgarh, made the roads of Chhattisgarh neat and clean, BJP did the work of providing electricity to every house.

CM – You should go to the tribal areas and see the reality. Even today, electricity has not reached many areas, although in the last four years, the Congress has done the work of providing electricity to many remote areas.

HM – Congress did nothing for the backward classes. We formed the Backward Classes Commission, gave 27% reservation in NEET.

CM – The anti-reservation attitude of the BJP makes it clear that how friendly it is to the backward classes. If you are really in favor of 27% reservation for the backward classes, then request the governor to immediately sign the bill passed unanimously in the assembly.

HM – Mafia is clearing the forest. The Congress gave the slogan of ‘Garibi Hatao’, poverty did not go away, the poor went away.

CM – Congress has done the work of saving forests, biodiversity and tribals. Input subsidy is also given on tree plantation under Rajiv Gandhi Kisan Nyay Yojana. Krishna Kunj scheme is being implemented. Lakhs of trees have been planted on the banks of the rivers. Which mafias are you talking about, the mafias that you people had nurtured, today they have been wiped out. If you want to see whether poverty has been removed or not, come whenever you have free time and visit the villages here without political spectacles.

HM – DMF was started by Modi ji. Along with rice bowl, Chhattisgarh is also a mineral bowl. When the BJP government was formed, we honored the tribal pride of Chhattisgarh.

CM – The DMF has been started at the behest of the Supreme Court. Secondly, we have ended the loot of DMF. Everyone knows how the DMF funds were misused during your reign. We have ensured that this amount is spent only on essential subjects like education, health and environment. We have ensured representation of women in the DMF body.

HM – DMF’s amount of 9234 crores fell prey to corruption. I want to ask Bhupesh ji, where did this money go? I tell you where it is, you see the house of a Congressman, earlier whoused to ride scooters today own Audi car lives there. Instead of a tin roof house, there is a three-story RCC house. We will definitely ask when the BJP government comes.

CM – Instead of making hollow allegations, talk on the ground reality. You have forgotten that in your rule, swimming pools and lifts were made from DMF in the houses of the collectors. We have ensured proper utilization of DMF by making new rules.

HM – The Congress did not fulfill what it had said in its manifesto and lied by picking up the water of the Ganges.

CM – BJP should not worry about the manifesto of Congress. We have fulfilled all the promises we made and are doing so. You tell why your government cheated the farmers by saying that they will give paddy bonus for five years? Why didn’t you give mobile after saying that you will give mobile to everyone? Why was the laptop not given to the students after saying that they would be given? Why not give employment, why not give women their rights and why not do justice to tribals?

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